9th July,2018 daily global regional local rice e-newsletter

·     PAKISTAN

Kenyan HC invites rice exporters to single country exhibition

·      RECORDER REPORT

·      JUL 6TH, 2018

·      KARACHI

Pakistan's single country exhibition will be held in September 2018 in Nairobi for promotion of Pakistani products. Kenyan High Commissioner (HC) Professor Julius Kibet Bitok has invited Pakistani rice exporters to actively participate in the single country exhibition.

High Commissioner of Kenya for Pakistan along with Hanif Janoo the Honarary Consul of Kenya at Karachi and Abdi Qadir Wario first secretary Kenyan High Commissioner paid a visit to the zonal office of Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) on Thursday and had a meeting with the office bearers and leading rice exporters. This meeting was chaired by Abdul Rahim Janoo former chairman REAP.

During the meeting, Abdul Rashid Godil former MNA, Ghulam Mustafa Solangi President Dadu Chamber of Commerce and leading rice exporters Kazim Khandwala, Shiraz Ahmed Shaikh, Qamar Raza Shoukat, Mahesh Talreja and others were also present.

Professor Julius Kibet Bitok expressed his gratitude to the Association for the support extended during 1st Trade and Investment Conference held in May in Karachi. He informed that in this conference various sectors, such as agriculture, tourism, textile, surgical instruments, pharmaceutical manufacturing and other sectors participated.

He invited REAP members to actively participate in Single Country Exhibition going to be held in the month of September 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. "This Exhibition will give the golden opportunity to Pakistani business community for the investment and joint ventures with Kenyan counterparts," he added. Abdul Rahim Janoo shared the statistics of rice exports and expressed his pleasure that rice exports to Kenya are on upward side.

https://fp.brecorder.com/2018/07/20180706387925/

 SUSTAIN RICE REVOLUTION

NIRSAL distributes N2.9bn to sustain rice revolution

— 6th July 2018

The Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL Plc) says it has distributed over N2.9 billion across 13,900 hectares of rice farms comprising 40 projects in Nigeria.

Mr Aliyu Abdulhameed, NIRSAL Managing Director said this at the 6th Rice-Africa International conference with the theme “Sustaining Rice Revolution in A rica: New Approaches to Value Chain Development,” on Thursday in Abuja.

Abdulhameed, represented by Mr Babajide Arowosafe, Executive Director (Technical), said that NIRSAL had also facilitated the flow of over N4.2 billion into the rice value chain through commercial lend- ing.

According to him, NISRAL Plc is also working to further grow this figure in future. He said that NIRSAL Plc was established with the purpose of mitigating perceived agricultural risks and facilitating agribusiness in the country.

Abdulhameed said that NISRAL Plc had contributed its quota toward boosting rice production by participating in the Anchor Borrowers Programme and accelerating the progress on rice revolution in Nigeria. He noted that by 2010, the rice import bill was close to 2.2 billion dollars, as elsewhere in West Africa, occasioned by the 2008 global food price hikes that left many countries vulnerable.

According to him, Nigeria’s rice revolution has been one of the most outstanding achievements in agriculture in the current administration’s bid for economic diversification.

“According to a recent Gems4 study, Nigeria is currently producing an average of 5.8 million to six million tonnes of milled rice as against its national demand of seven million tonnes.

The managing director noted that the global rice outlook for 2030 indicated that the demand for rice would be on the increase, ranging between 503 million and 544 million tonnes.

“This is equivalent to the average growth rate of approximately one per cent per year relative to total consumption of 439 million tonnes in 2010.

“This demand growth is driven mainly by an expanding population, although changing consumption patterns also has an influence.’’

He said that the Asian rice consumption was projected to account for close to two-thirds of the total increase in demand by 2030.

Overall, the world rice trade for 2022 forecasts about 46 million tonnes heading to Africa, he said, adding that this should be a wake up call to Africa to intensify rice production, particularly Nigeria.

Abdulhameed described rice as a strategic commodity, being a staple food in Nigeria and an important source of livelihood for around 1.4 million rice-farming households and for millions of rural poor who work on rice farms.

The commodity, he said, had also been listed as one of the economic transformation goals of the country.

“The Nigerian Economic Recovery and Growth Plan listed its rice target as “achieving self-sufficiency and being a net-exporter of the commodity by end of 2018.”

He said that the Nigerian economy was undergoing transformation, underscoring the need for the rice value chain to transform itself.

http://sunnewsonline.com/nirsal-distributes-n2-9bn-sustain-rice-revolution/

Rice Transplanter Machine Market new entrants, upcoming industry trends with forecast to 2021

By

 Jasmine Ileen

 -

 July 6, 2018 

26

0

SHARE 

Facebook

Twitter

Rice Transplanter Machine Market presents the statistical analysis of present industry size as well as future expected industry trends with focus on key players, Market drivers. Challenges faced by the competitors as well as the new entrants for establishing business in the current industry space. Rice Transplanter Machine Market lays emphasis on presenting the information in the form of segments for each and every Rice Transplanter Machine Market player, along with year-over-year growth in their key performing countries or regions.

About Rice Transplanter Machine

The rice transplanter machine was introduced in Japan by Kubota during the 1960s. It is specifically designed for transplanting rice seedlings in paddy fields. Farmers are required to drive the machine along a straight line to transplant the seedlings in rows. The rice planter comprised of three parts, namely the motor, running gear, and transplanter device. The transplanter consists of a seedling tray, seeding tray shifter, and pickup forks. The seedlings are fed into the seedling trays from where they are picked up by the forks and placed into the ground.

Industry analysts forecast the global rice transplanter machine Market to grow at a CAGR of 9.35% during the period 2017-2021.

Prominent Vendors:Kubota, Iseki, Yanmar, TYM, Jiangsu World Agriculture Machinery, CLAAS, Mitsubishi Mahindra Agricultural Machinery, Changfa Agricultural Equipment, Shandong Fuerwo Agricultural Equipment, Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery,

Regions showing promising future growth:APAC, Americas, EMEA

Request for Sample Copy Of Rice Transplanter Machine Market Report @https://www.360Marketupdates.com/enquiry/request-sample/11157237

Market driver

·       Shift toward mechanization

·       For a full, detailed list, view our report

Market challenge

·       Lack of finances for small farmers to replace old machinery

·       For a full, detailed list, view our report

Market trend

·       Product innovation

·       For a full, detailed list, view our report

For studying the report in a detailed yet brief manner have a look at the parts used in the Rice Transplanter Machine Market report:

PART 01: Rice Transplanter Machine Executive Summary

PART 02: Scope Of The Report

PART 03: Research Methodology

PART 04: Market Landscape

PART 05: Rice Transplanter Machine Market Sizing

PART 06: Five Forces Analysis

PART 07: Market Segmentation By Product

PART 08: Customer Landscape

PART 09: Regional Landscape

Continuehellip;..

The information available in the Rice Transplanter Machine Market report is segmented for proper understanding. The Table of contents contains Market outline, Market characteristics,Market segmentation analysis, Market sizing, customer landscape Regional landscape. For further improving the understand ability various exhibits (Tabular Data Pie Charts) has also been used in the Rice Transplanter Machine Market report.

Enquire for pre order @https://www.360Marketupdates.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11157237

EXHIBIT 01:Rice Transplanter Machine Market Segments

EXHIBIT 02:Rice Transplanter Machine Market opportunity

EXHIBIT 03:Five forces analysis 2017 2021

EXHIBIT 04: Threat of New entrants

EXHIBIT 05:Threat of substitutes

Continuehellip;.

Purchase Full Report at $3500 (SUL) @https://www.360Marketupdates.com/purchase/11157237

http://techjournalhub.com/rice-transplanter-machine-market-new-entrants-upcoming-industry-trends-with-forecast-to-2021/

Resolving the paradox of rice-poverty amidst plenty

---

Comments /   270 Views / Monday, 9 July 2018 00:10

 1  74

---

Eating too much of rice?

Sri Lankans are great rice eaters. On average, they eat 108 kg of rice per person per year as against the world average of just 54 kg per head. A plate of rice eaten by an average Sri Lankan is usually equated to Adam’s Peak or Samanala Kanda. The local saying is that if someone is to jump over it, it is so elevated in height that he has to make a lot of prior preparation and training. Otherwise, instead of jumping over it, he would just land in the middle of the plate. 

This Sri Lankan practice of filling a plate with a heap of rice is followed even by Sri Lankan restaurants in other parts of the world. 

For instance, the Sri Lankan food stall, Lanka Foods, at the Thailand based Asian Institute of Technology or AIT is a popular eating place not only for Sri Lankan students there but also for those from India and Bangladesh. The reason? Compared to the neighbouring Thai food stall which serves rice on the plate measured by a teacup, the Sri Lankan restaurant fills your plate with a Samanala Kanda. That Kanda can be eaten on average by three Thai students. This overfilling of the plate with rice amounts to its under-filling with meat and veggies, thereby going short of a balanced diet. Thus, Sri Lankans derive the entirety of their calorie requirement out of carbohydrate which, if not burned instantly, add to their waistline.

Wewai-Dagabai culture

Rice has been grown in Sri Lanka for thousands of years and the country’s inhabitants are proud of that long history. Hence, rice is not only their staple food but also a produce connoting great economic, political, cultural and spiritual significance. 

In economic terms, they brand Sri Lanka as an agricultural land, mainly of paddy farming, that provides livelihood to a large number of people. Politically, it is so vital as a food item and if any government seeks to do even a small change in its production, distribution, marketing or consumption, that there are street agitations by people who are dressed in loin clothes, the main work-dress of a rural farmer many years ago. 

Governments which tried to take away the famous rice subsidy from rice eaters have been voted out of power. Culturally, all folk rites, art and habits have been developed around the production of rice. Spiritually, the symbiotic combination of paddy farms and Buddhist icons, paraphrased in Sinhala as Wewai, Dagabai or Village Reservoir and Pagoda of the Buddhist Temple, have been identified as the door for reaching spiritual salvation by village folk. 

Sticking to hard views is dangerous

These deep-rooted sentiments are being used by politicians, marketers and religious leaders to penetrate the farming community as an entry point and thereby win their support for their private enterprises. 

Yet paddy farmers are poor and continue to be poor. This has become a crucial issue since Sri Lanka has now attained near self-sufficiency in rice and any increase in production levels means low market prices and low incomes for farmers. 

At the same time, there is a wide gap between the price which farmers get, called the farm-gate price, and the price which consumers pay. This gap is usually about 20-25% of the farm-gate price. But farmers believe that it is as high as 100% and they are being exploited by all others in the value chain. The list is long but notable so-called exploiters are banks, millers, transporters, wholesalers and retailers. Therefore, anyone who promises to eliminate those exploiters from the chain can instantly win the hearts and minds of farmers. Politicians use it to the maximum. 

Produce more and become bankrupt

This is the paradox in rice. The more you produce, the less income you get and greater your tendency to end up in bankruptcy. Farmers are aggrieved whether there is a bountiful production or a crop failure. A bountiful production means excess supply in the market pushing prices to fall. 

If they fall below the cost of production, farmers begin to make losses compelling them to default on loans they have raised from both banks and village money lenders. Since the latter has harsh methods of recovery, farmers end up in losing their valuable assets. When it goes to an extreme point, farmers even choose to commit suicide. If there is a crop failure, again they lose income, despite the increase in the market prices. That is because they now do not have paddy to sell at those high prices. The decline in income due to crop failure causes the vicious circle outlined above to repeat itself. Thus, no matter whether the crop is good or bad, farmers are always poor. Politicians or religious leaders who always have a sympathetic eye for farmers do not seek to find the root cause of the problem and introduce a permanent solution.  

Demand is flat despite increase in incomes

Though the income of Sri Lankans has increased phenomenally during the last 20 years or so, the quantity of rice consumed by them annually has remained flat at around 110 kg per person. Hence, rice as a food item has a fixed demand. Though increases in population are likely to increase the demand for rice, it normally does not happen since those who are elevated to high income levels have a tendency to eat less rice. 

As a result, there is no way for the domestic market to absorb the excess if there is a glut in the market. In such a situation, the way out is to sell the excess to foreigners. But the short grain rice produced by Sri Lanka cannot be sold in foreign markets since their preference has been for varieties similar to Thai long grain rice. Thus, a glut leads to a reduction in domestic prices causing innumerable hardships to farmers, an instance of having poverty amidst plenty. 

Corrupt marketing boards

Developing countries have sought to resolve this issue by establishing state-owned marketing boards. These boards are used to buy the excess supply at a minimum guaranteed price when the market price is below it. 

Sri Lanka too established a Paddy Marketing Board with this objective in mind in early 1970s. However, the experiences throughout the globe have been that these boards have served not the farmers but the officials managing them for they are a fertile ground for breeding corruption. 

A report by Rodney Fink for the US Agency for International Development or USAID in 2002 has noted that the underpaid civil servants in these boards resolve themselves to adopt corrupt practices with impunity, making the conditions of farmers worse (available at: https://commdev.org/userfiles/Corruption%20and%20the%20Agricultural%20Sector.pdf ). Hence, establishing marketing boards or strengthening existing boards is not the solution to the ‘problem of poverty among plenty’ as experienced by farmers. 

Eat less while improving yields

The permanent solution lies in improving the yields of rice farmers, on the one hand, and creating a demand for rice as an industrial input on the other. The former will help farmers to beat the rising costs of production. The latter will facilitate Sri Lanka to absorb a glut in the market, use it to produce industrial goods and export such goods since it cannot export its short grain rice as a food item. If there is no surplus of rice for industrial use, such surplus can still be generated if Sri Lankans learn to eat less rice and more meats and fats. 

Even a reduction in average per head consumption by, say 20 kg, will generate a sufficient surplus of about 42 million kg of rice for this purpose. These are long-term strategies based on proper awareness, changes in relative prices of rice as against meat and inventions made through the development of science and technology base of the country. The science part is the handiwork of a new subject area called ‘biotechnology’ which has now been added to the curricula of some state universities and private higher learning institutions.

Rice: The water guzzler

The problem with rice compared to maize or corn is that it is a ‘water guzzler’. In farming, paddy fields are flooded by water and about a half of that is lost through seepage and percolation. It is the balance half which is used by the rice plant for its own purposes, known as evaporation and transpiration. 

The researchers at the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute or IRRI have computed, after verifying a vast amount of data collected from field surveys conducted throughout the globe, the amount of water used by rice plant to produce 1 kg of rice. 

The total flooding of the paddy fields from sowing to harvesting will use about 2,500 litres of water to produce 1 kg of rice. About a half of this is lost through seepage and percolation; accordingly, the real use of water by the rice plant to produce 1 kg of rice is about 1432 litres (available at: https://www.scribd.com/document/34622848/Rice-Today-Vol-8-No-1). 

Imagine the price of rice if water costs Rs. 1 per litre. Fortunately for consumers, water is supplied to rice farmers almost free of charge either through rains or government-sponsored irrigation schemes. But the shortage of water due to droughts will affect both the production and productivity of rice farmers. This is a serious problem in many rice producing nations like China, India and Sri Lanka. 

Developing drought resistant paddies

Scientists in IRRI and in leading universities are now engaged in developing water-efficient paddy cultivation methods. IRRI has come up with an ‘alternative wetting and drying’ method. In this method, a field is flooded for a few days and after that water is used up, kept dry for a few more days before it is flooded again. This method is to save about 30% of water normally used in paddy farming without affecting the rice yield. 

Another method suggested is sprinkling water in the field, producing ‘aerobic rice’ just like watering a leafy vegetable field. This would save water up to 50% but there would be a reduction in the output by about 30% (available at: http://irri.org/blogs/bas-bouman-s-blog-global-rice-science-partnership/does-rice-really-use-too-much-water). 

Hence, it is useful in cultivating paddy in relatively water-scarce regions. But scientists at the University of Western Australia or UWA have attempted developing a new rice variety which is drought resistant so that it could alleviate drought stress (available at: https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/advances-in-drought-resistance-of-rice). This is the best method of cultivating rice in arid places like the Hambantota or Mannar districts in Sri Lanka.

Improve farm practices

The productivity of Sri Lankan farmers can be improved significantly through a change in farm practices. Sri Lankan rice farmers have mostly picked the skill either from their elders or from peers; in most cases, they are guided by marketers of weedicides and pesticides. Hence, they lack the skills in scientific farm management. As a result, there is a tendency for overusing inputs like freely available water or purchased inputs like fertiliser or pesticides. Any entrepreneur who is not conscious of his costs is likely to end up as cost-maximisers and in bankruptcy. Then it boils down to making farmers aware of the proper way of cultivating paddy in order to maintain a higher yield level continuously.

Divulwewa experiment by Lion Breweries

Already an experiment in this regard has been done by Lion Breweries with some 3,500 farmer families in Divulwewa in the North Central Province. Its CEO, Suresh Shah, explains the experiment as follows: “We got the selected farmers to a classroom and educated them of the whole process of cultivating paddy properly. They were given knowledge of the correct preparation of land, correct seeding, correct planting, correct water, fertiliser and pest management and finally how to harvest, thresh and offer paddy to the market. This new system of management, which did not involve any high technology or capital investment, helped farmers to get on average about 160 bushels per acre. Their previous yield rate was just 85 bushels. There were farmers who even went up to 200 bushels per acre. They were able to maintain these average yield levels continuously for five years.” 

Lion Breweries, which is taxed heavily at 70% by the government because it is considered a ‘sin industry’, had to give up its experiment. When it withdrew from the project, it was necessary to replicate it in other areas of paddy farming. Shah says his attempt at canvassing it with the top government authorities was unsuccessful.

Significant improvements in yields

The production of 85 bushels per acre per year amounts to some 4,383 kg per hectare per annum and that is Sri Lanka’s present average yield rate of paddy. If it is increased to 160 bushels, it would increase the yield rate to 8,200 kg per hectare per annum, reducing the cost of production of farmers by half. 

This is exactly what the Government should do today, instead of seeking to address minor issues of rice farmers and introducing palliatives to a perennial problem in the country. Shah says that Lion Breweries is willing to share its experience with anyone who wants to replicate this new farm management technique with other farmers in the country. The advantages are numerous. It would raise incomes of farmers, help them beat rising production costs, facilitate the alternative use of land for forestry, etc. conserve water which is a scarce resource today and generate a rice surplus that can be used as an industrial raw material. 

Rice as an industrial input

Rice is now used increasingly as an industrial raw material in other parts of the world. Rice straw which is now wasted or burned down in fields is a good raw material for paper manufacturing; it is estimated that every kilogram of rice also produces 1-1.5 kg of straw which is a high harvest. Paper manufacturing using rice straw pulp can be started as a cottage industry by imparting the needed technical knowhow to villagers. 

Rice can be used as malt for producing wine, whiskey and beer. This will open a good export market for Sri Lanka rice which cannot be exported as a food due to its shortness of the grain. Rice bran can be converted to rice bran oil, an alternative edible oil. Rice milk, like soy milk, is a substitute milk for those who have lactose intolerance. 

Proteins isolated from rice can be presented as supplementary protein capsules like the fish oil capsules available in the market today. Rice can also be used for producing perfumes, a natural variety that will have a good attraction. 

Local varieties are rich with antioxidants

New research will add more to this list. For instance, a paper presented by Thivanka Fernando and Mathi Kandiah (available at: http://multidisciplinaryjournal.globalacademicresearchinstitute.com/images/health/Thivanka%20Rochana%20Fernando,%20%20Dr.%20Mathi%20Kandaih.pdf) at the International Conference on Health and Medicine in 2017 has found that five local rice varieties, namely Heenati, Suwandal, Rathu Nadu, Pachchaperumal and Kurulu Thuda have a greater concentration of antioxidants than popular varieties of imported rice. 

Even among the local varieties, the raw rice has a much larger concentration of antioxidants than cooked rice. The conclusion of the two researchers has been that when cooked, antioxidants get diluted to water and wasted away. 

This, therefore, provides an opportunity for a businessman to use raw local varieties, especially Nadu which is produced in plenty in Sri Lanka, as an industrial raw material to isolate antioxidants and supply the same as a supplement to consumers. It is therefore a blue ocean or an unchartered territory for rice in Sri Lanka. All we have to do is to incorporate it into national policy, direct research into it and get the private sector into commercial production eyeing the export market. 

It is now time for politicians to stop shedding tears about the pathetic condition of rice farmers in Sri Lanka. If they go to the source, they can offer permanent solutions for their multiple problems.

(W.A. Wijewardena, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, can be reached at waw1949@gmail.com)

http://www.ft.lk/columns/Resolving-the-paradox-of-rice-poverty-amidst-plenty--Increase-yield--eat-less-and-divert-surplus-to-/4-658623

Paying the (p)rice for water shortage

SHARE TWEET

Paying the (p)rice for water shortage

By Salman Siddiqui

Published: July 8, 2018

0SHARES

 SHARE TWEET EMAIL

The crisis may slow down agriculture growth this fiscal year. PHOTO:EXPRESS

KARACHI: Pakistan’s agriculture economy is likely to face tougher challenges amid a water crisis that is taking toll on the country’s output.

The crisis, which had earlier caused farmers to largely miss cotton seeds’ sowing targets, is now affecting rice plantation, delaying it in Sindh by 1-2 months.

Rice is a summer crop and warmer temperatures are good for its growth. However, the delay in plantation may push its production to October-November, a time when lower temperatures would affect the output.

“Paddy (raw rice) plantation has gotten delayed by 1-2 months,” Sindh Abadgar Board President Abdul Majeed Nizamani told The Express Tribune.

Kharif crops likely to suffer due to severe water shortage

“Farmers started rice plantation from mid-June. This should have been done 1-2 months earlier,” he said, adding the delay has been caused due to a water shortage.

He elaborated in a nursery, rice seeds are sowed mostly between March-April. Later on, they are replanted in appropriate fields by April-May. However, low availability of water during March-April did not allow farmers to begin the process.

“We need around 50,000 cusecs of water in Kotri, lower Sindh. The level is currently hovering around 30,000-40,000 cusecs,” he said, adding water requirement will increase with the passage of time as crops mature for harvesting.

Rice (paddy) is planted across 1.8 million acres to 2.3 million acres of land in Sindh, which mostly grows export quality rice (Irri-6).

Nizamani said it would be too early to estimate the impact on rice production for the ongoing season, as rain could affect the crop.

“The future is completely dependent upon the quantum and timing of the rain,” he said.

Indigenous effort: With hybrid seeds, rice output can rise 2 million tons

“If it rains in time then it will be good for the crop. Otherwise, it could play havoc if it rains heavily and untimely.”

A natural resource management associate, Sono Khangharanr, estimated “30-40% lower production this season due to delayed plantation.”

Rice is usually harvested around October-November. The delay will not let the required level of temperature be available and would affect the crop’s health after November, he said.

The threat to rice production comes after farmers have already missed cotton’s sowing target by around 35% in Sindh due to water shortage, a government official estimated.

BMA Capital’s Economist Muhammad Fawad Khan said the other day that the “water crisis may further hamper economic growth in fiscal year 2019.”

As per international organisations, Pakistan is likely to face a major water crisis by 2025.

State-of-the-art: Scientists introduce latest machine for wheat sowing

The crisis may slow down agriculture growth this fiscal year. Its share in the economy stands at around one-fifth.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 8^th, 2018.

Like Business on Facebook, follow @TribuneBiz on Twitter to stay informed and join in the conversation.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1752391/2-paying-price-water-shortage/

Global Rice Milling Machinery Market by Production, Value ($), Price, Gross Margin forecast to 2022

 Umang.s July 7, 2018

 0 0  1 minute read

Rice Milling Machinery Market is expected to witness growth of international market with respect to advancements and innovations including development history, competitive analysis and regional development forecast.

The report starts with a basic Rice Milling Machinery market overview. In this introductory section, the research report incorporates analysis of definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. Besides this, the report also consists of development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

Browse Detailed TOC, Tables, Figures, Charts and Companies Mentioned in Rice Milling Machinery Market Research Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/10473935

A complete analysis of the competitive landscape of the Rice Milling Machinery industry is provided in the report. This section includes company profiles of market key players. The profiles include contact information, gross, capacity, product details of each firm, price, and cost are covered.

Rice Milling Machinery Market Key Players Analysis:

·        

·       Satake Manufacturing

·       Buhler

·       Hunan Chenzhou

·       Hubei Yongxiang

·       Zhejiang Qili Machinery

·       Hunan Xiangliang

·       Wufeng

·       Jiangsu Hexi Machinery

·       Yamamoto

Applications like:

·        

·       Personal

·       Commercial

·        

Product Types as segmented:

·       Type I

·       Type II

The Rice Milling Machinery market research report shed light on Foremost Regions like: North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India

Get Sample PDF of Rice Milling Machinery Market Research Report@ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/10473935 

This section of the market research report includes analysis of major raw materials suppliers, manufacturing equipment suppliers, major players of the Rice Milling Machinery industry, key consumers, and supply chain relationship. The contact information is also provided along with this analysis.

Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis:

·        Manufacturing Cost Analysis

·        Raw Materials Analysis

·        Price Trend of Key Raw Materials

·        Key Suppliers of Raw Materials

·        Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials

·        Labour Cost

Along with this, analysis of depreciation cost, manufacturing cost structure, manufacturing process is also carried out. Price, cost, and gross analysis of the Rice Milling Machinery market is also included in this section.

Trade and Distribution Analysis:

·        Marketing Channel

·        Direct Marketing

·        Indirect Marketing

·        Marketing Channel Development Trend

·        Market Positioning

·        Pricing Strategy

·        Brand Strategy

·        Distributors/Traders List

This section of the Rice Milling Machinery market report consists of marketing channel status and end buyer price analysis. It also provides contact information of the traders and distributors.

For Any Query on Rice Milling Machinery market, Speak to Expert@ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/10473935

Market Effect Factors Analysis:

·        Technology Progress/Risk

·        Substitutes Threat

·        Technology Progress in Related Industry

·        Consumer Needs/Customer Preference Change

·        Economic/Political Environmental Change

This particular section of the Rice Milling Machinery market report includes analysis of gross margin, cost and price.

The Rice Milling Machinery industry research report is a valuable source of guidance and direction. It is helpful for established businesses, new entrants in the market as well as individuals interested in the market. The Rice Milling Machinery market report provides important statistics on the existing state of the said market.

No. of Report pages: 105

Price of Report: $ 4000

Purchase Rice Milling Machinery Market Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/purchase/10473935

https://newsofenergy.com/global-rice-milling-machinery-market-by-production-value-price-gross-margin-forecast-to-2022/

image: https://media.philstar.com/images/logo_03.png

PHILSTAR HOME | THE PHILIPPINE STAR | INTERAKSYON | PILIPINO STAR NGAYON | THE FREEMAN | PANG-MASA | BANAT | BUSINESSWORLD

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/header_divider.png

 

IMAGE: HTTPS://WWW.PHILSTAR.COM/IMAGES/HEADER_FB.PNG

 

IMAGE: HTTPS://WWW.PHILSTAR.COM/IMAGES/HEADER_TW.PNG

 

IMAGE: HTTPS://WWW.PHILSTAR.COM/IMAGES/HEADER_GP.PNG

 

IMAGE: HTTPS://WWW.PHILSTAR.COM/IMAGES/HEADER_RSS.PNG

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/header_divider.png

 

IMAGE: HTTPS://WWW.PHILSTAR.COM/IMAGES/HEADER_CONTACT.PNG

·       HOME 

·       HEADLINES 

·       OPINION 

·       NATION 

·       WORLD 

·       BUSINESS 

·       SPORTS 

·       ENTERTAINMENT 

·       LIFESTYLE 

·       OTHER SECTIONS

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/Home/loginserch_03.png

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/header_divider.png

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/login_icon.png

TECHNOLOGY

BUSINESS AS USUAL

BANKING

MOTORING

SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT

REAL ESTATE

AGRICULTURE

TELECOMS

WHEELS

image: https://www.philstar.com/images/arrow-top.png

image: http://media.philstar.com/images/articles/bus2-palay-rice-hybrid_2018-07-07_20-32-23.jpg

The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Plant Industry gave the go signal for the consultation which is a significant component of biosafety regulatory approval under a joint circular issued in 2016.

File

Golden Rice moves forward

161SHARES9000

Louise Maureen Simeon (The Philippine Star) - July 8, 2018 - 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines — The controversial Golden Rice, which is still being pushed in the Philippines, is slowly progressing after the government gave the green light for the conduct of public consultations on the proposed field trials.

The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Plant Industry gave the go signal for the consultation which is a significant component of biosafety regulatory approval under a joint circular issued in 2016.

“The consultation process is comprised of public information sheet postings in accessible community locations, a 30-day public comment period, and the public hearing,” the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) said.

“This provides community members with the opportunity to participate responsibly in a critical biosafety decision-making process,” it added.

The public consultation will be on July 18 in Muñoz in Nueva Ecija and July 20 in San Mateo in Isabela.

Two months ago, Golden Rice got a positive evaluation from the United States Food and Drug Administration concurring the variety’s safety and nutrition.

IRRI said the provitamin-A biofortified rice variety has completed its food safety evaluation from the USFDA, its third international nod after approvals from the Food Standards Australia New Zealand and Health Canada earlier this year.

The Philippines, through the Philippine Rice Research Institute, continues to develop high-yielding inbred local rice varieties with the beta-carotene producing GR2E Golden Rice trait.

Golden Rice is currently undergoing review for field trial and food, feed, and/or processing applications in the country.

It aims to address vitamin A deficiency which remains a persistent public health issue in the country.

Golden Rice is intended as a complementary, food-based solution to existing nutritional interventions, such as diet diversification and oral supplementation.

It achieves this by providing 30 to 50 percent of the estimated average requirement for Vitamin A of women and children.

Read more at https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/07/08/1831505/golden-rice-moves-forward#v110DGUfGv0G7J3j.99https://www.philstar.com/business/2018/07/08/1831505/golden-rice-moves-forward

New Research Study on Rice Seed Market 2018 to 2022 Including Key Players Bayer, Kaveri, Mahyco, Krishidhan, Syngenta

Rice Seed Market

 Nidhi Bhawsar July 7, 2018

 0 7  4 minutes read

Global Rice Seed Market Research Forecast Study to 2022 presents an in-depth strategic assessment of the Rice Seed. The study highlights influencing factors that are impacting or reinforcing market environment such as Government Policy, Technological Changes etc along with key market drivers. The research study is forecasted taken into consideration the primaries from industry experts and includes key data (revenue, market Size, growth rate, and product price) by important players such as DuPont Pioneer, Bayer, Nuziveedu Seeds, Kaveri, Mahyco, RiceTec, Krishidhan, Rasi Seeds, JK seeds, Syngenta, Longping High-tech, China National Seed, Grand Agriseeds, Dabei Nong Group, Hefei Fengle, Win-all Hi-tech, Gansu Dunhuang Seed, Dongya Seed Industry, Keeplong Seeds, Guangxi Hengmao Agricultural Technology, Opulent Technology, Zhongnongfa, Anhui Nongken & Saprotan Utama and segmented by products such as Long-Grain Rice, Medium-Grain Rice & Short-Grain Rice.

Request Sample of Global Rice Seed Market Professional Survey Report 2018 @: https://www.htfmarketreport.com/sample-report/980298-global-rice-seed-market-6

The global Rice Seed market is valued at million US$ in 2017 and will reach million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of during 2018-2025.

The research study also provides Global Rice Seed Sales (K Units) and Revenue (Million USD) by Top manufacturers that includes DuPont Pioneer, Bayer, Nuziveedu Seeds, Kaveri, Mahyco, RiceTec, Krishidhan, Rasi Seeds, JK seeds, Syngenta, Longping High-tech, China National Seed, Grand Agriseeds, Dabei Nong Group, Hefei Fengle, Win-all Hi-tech, Gansu Dunhuang Seed, Dongya Seed Industry, Keeplong Seeds, Guangxi Hengmao Agricultural Technology, Opulent Technology, Zhongnongfa, Anhui Nongken & Saprotan Utama for forecasted period 2017-2022. Each player highlighted in the research study contains companies Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors, in-depth business overview, geographic footprint and contact information. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to SWOT Analysis.

If you have a different set of players/manufacturers according to geography we can provide customization accordingly.

Global Rice Seed (Thousands Units) by Application (2017-2022)

Market Segment by Application	2012	2017	2022	Market Share (%)2022	CAGR (%) (2017-2022)
Agricultural Production	xx	xx	xx	xx%	xx%
Scientific Research	xx	xx	xx	xx%	xx%
Total	xx	xx	xx	100%	xx%

Browse for Full Report at: https://www.htfmarketreport.com/reports/980298-global-rice-seed-market-6

In addition to this Global Rice Seed Market Split by Product Type such as Long-Grain Rice, Medium-Grain Rice & Short-Grain Rice and also presented nicely through graphs and tables.
The objectives / scope of this 125 pages study is to define, describe, and analyze the Rice Seed market on the basis of product type, application, and region.

To forecast and analyze the size of market (in terms of value) in key regions, namely, North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Rest of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia, Rest of Europe, Central & South America, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, Middle East & Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey & Rest of Middle East & Africa
To forecast and analyze the Rice Seed market at country-level in each region
Total sale of Rice Seed in North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Rest of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia, Rest of Europe, Central & South America, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, Middle East & Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey & Rest of Middle East & Africa
To strategically analyze each submarket with respect to individual growth trends and its contribution to the Rice Seed market
To analyze opportunities for stakeholders by identifying high-growth segments of the market
To provide significant market trends and factors driving or inhibiting the growth of the Global Rice Seed market and its regional markets
To analyze competitive developments and landscape such as expansions, joint ventures, new products launches, mergers and Acquisition.
To strategically profile key players in the market and comprehensively analyze their growth strategies.

Buy Single User License of Global Rice Seed Market Professional Survey Report 2018 @ https://www.htfmarketreport.com/buy-now?format=1&report=980298

There are 15 Chapters to deeply display the Global Rice Seed market.
Chapter 1, to describe Rice Seed Introduction, product scope, market overview, market opportunities, market risk, market driving force;
Chapter 2, to analyze the top manufacturers of Rice Seed, with sales, revenue, and price of Rice Seed, in 2017;
Chapter 3, to display the competitive situation among the top manufacturers, with sales, revenue and market share in 2017;
Chapter 4, to show the Global market by regions, with sales, revenue and market share of Rice Seed, for each region, from 2012 to 2017;
Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, to analyze the key regions, with sales, revenue and market share by key countries in North America, United States, Canada, Mexico, Asia-Pacific, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Singapore, Rest of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Spain, Russia, Rest of Europe, Central & South America, Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America, Middle East & Africa, Saudi Arabia, Turkey & Rest of Middle East & Africa;
Chapter 10 and 11, to show the market by type and application, with sales market share and growth rate by type, application [Agricultural Production & Scientific Research], from 2012 to 2017;
Chapter 12, Rice Seed market forecast, by regions, type and application, with sales and revenue, from 2017 to 2022;
Chapter 13, 14 and 15, to describe Rice Seed sales channel, distributors, traders, dealers, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.

Enquire for customization in Report @ https://www.htfmarketreport.com/enquiry-before-buy/980298-global-rice-seed-market-6

Thanks for reading this article; you can also get individual chapter wise section or region wise report version like North America, Europe or Asia.

About Author:
HTF Market Report is a wholly owned brand of HTF market Intelligence Consulting Private Limited. HTF Market Report global research and market intelligence consulting organization is uniquely positioned to not only identify growth opportunities but to also empower and inspire you to create visionary growth strategies for futures, enabled by our extraordinary depth and breadth of thought leadership, research, tools, events and experience that assist you for making goals into a reality. Our understanding of the interplay between industry convergence, Mega Trends, technologies and market trends provides our clients with new business models and expansion opportunities. We are focused on identifying the “Accurate Forecast” in every industry we cover so our clients can reap the benefits of being early market entrants and can accomplish their “Goals & Objectives”.

Contact US :
Craig Francis (PR & Marketing Manager)
HTF Market Intelligence Consulting Private Limited
Unit No. 429, Parsonage Road Edison, NJ
New Jersey USA – 08837
Phone: +1 (206) 317 1218
sales@htfmarketreport.com

Connect with us at
https://www.linkedin.com/company/13388569/
https://www.facebook.com/htfmarketintelligence/
https://twitter.com/htfmarketreport
https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NidhiBhawsar-SEO_Expert?rel=author

 Post Views: 42

https://thebusinesstactics.com/133116/new-research-study-on-rice-seed-market-2018-to-2022-including-key-players-bayer-kaveri-mahyco-krishidhan-syngenta/

Organic Rice Protein Market Research Report 2017: Know Marketing Channel Future Trend, Opportunities and Risks 2022

 Sampada.p July 7, 2018

A detailed analysis of the present state of the Organic Rice Protein Marketis done in this market research report. The report includes analysis of industry key manufacturers, analysis of marketing trader or distributor, development trends, production and supply analysis, consumption volume and value analysis, sales and market status. A brief synopsis of the Organic Rice Protein industry provided in the report includes industry news analysis, industry policy analysis, definitions, specifications, applications and classifications.

The Organic Rice Protein market analysis given in the report includes analysis of aspects such as:

·       Competitive Landscape Analysis

·       Industry Trends

·       Key Regions Development Status

Consumption figures, supply and production, Gross margin by regions, revenue, supply, cost, price and import/ export are some other significant topics discussed in the report.

Have any Query Regarding the Organic Rice Protein Market Report? Contact us at: https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/11705525

The report provides a complete study of the Organic Rice Protein industry leaders with key information like revenue, price, product picture and specifications, contact information, cost, capacity, production and company profile. The report provides important statistics on the state of the industry. Marketing channels and development trends of the Organic Rice Protein industry is also provided in the report, making it a precious source of information and direction for companies and individuals.

Table of Contents:

Organic Rice Protein Market Overview

·       Segmentation by Product Type

·       Segmentation by Applications

·       Segmentation by Region

Organic Rice Protein Market Competition by Manufacturers

·       Organic Rice Protein Capacity, Production and Share by Manufacturers

·       Organic Rice Protein Average Price by Manufacturers

·       Organic Rice Protein Manufacturing Base Distribution, Sales Area and Product Type

·       Organic Rice Protein Market Competitive Situation and Trends

·       Organic Rice Protein Market Concentration Rate

·       Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion

Organic Rice Protein Manufacturers Profiles/Analysis

·       Company Name

·       Company Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Its Competitors

·       Organic Rice Protein Product Category, Application and Specification

·       Product A

·       Product B

·       Company Organic Rice Protein Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin

·       Main Business/Business Overview

Request Sample of Organic Rice Protein Market Research Report at- https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11705525

Organic Rice Protein Market Capacity, Production, Revenue (Value) by Region

·       Organic Rice Protein Capacity and Market Share by Region

·       Organic Rice Protein Production and Market Share by Region

·       Organic Rice Protein Revenue (Value) and Market Share by Region

·       Organic Rice Protein Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin

·       Organic Rice Protein Market Supply (Production), Consumption, Export, Import by Region

Organic Rice Protein Market Production, Revenue (Value), Price Trend by Type

·       Organic Rice Protein Production and Market Share by Type

·       Organic Rice Protein Revenue and Market Share by Type

·       Organic Rice Protein Price by Type

·       Organic Rice Protein Production Growth by Type

Organic Rice Protein Market Analysis by Application

·       Organic Rice Protein Consumption and Market Share by Application

·       Organic Rice Protein Consumption Growth Rate by Application

·       Market Drivers and Opportunities

·       Potential Applications

·       Emerging Markets/Countries

Ask for Discount on Organic Rice Protein Market Research Report at https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-discount/11705525

Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders

·       Marketing Channel

·       Direct Marketing

·       Indirect Marketing

·       Marketing Channel Development Trend

·       Market Positioning

·       Pricing Strategy

·       Brand Strategy

·       Target Client

 Market Effect Factors Analysis

·       Technology Progress/Risk

·       Substitutes Threat

·       Technology Progress in Related Industry

·       Consumer Needs/Customer Preference Change

·       Economic/Political Environmental Change

Organic Rice Protein Market Forecast 

·       Organic Rice Protein Capacity, Production, Revenue Forecast (2018-2023)

·       Organic Rice Protein Capacity, Production and Growth Rate Forecast (2018-2023)

·       Organic Rice Protein Revenue and Growth Rate Forecast (2018-2023)

·       Organic Rice Protein Price and Trend Forecast (2018-2023)

·       Organic Rice Protein Production, Consumption, Import and Export Forecast by Region (2018-2023)

The feasibility analysis of new investment projects is carried out in the Organic Rice Protein industry report along with overall research conclusions.

Purchase Organic Rice Protein Market Research Report at https://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11705525

https://trueindustrynews.com/organic-rice-protein-market-research-report-2017-know-marketing-channel-future-trend-opportunities-and-risks-2022/

nnovative Fortified Rice Market Research Report – Segmented by Applications, Geography, Trends and Projection 2022

• JULY 7, 2018 

• 0 VIEWS 

• 2 MINUTE READ

•  
•  
•  

Fortified Rice Market latest research report provides in-depth analysis of definitions, classifications, applications and Fortified Rice industry chain structure forecasts until 2023. The report also consists of development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status of Fortified Rice market.

Fortified Rice Market: Type wise segment: – by Micronutrients, , Vitamins, , Minerals, , Other Fortifying Nutrients, by Technology, , Drying, , Extrusion, , Coating & Encapsulation, , Others

Fortified Rice Market: Applications wise segment: – Commercial, Residential

Get Sample PDF of report @ https://www.absolutereports.com/enquiry/request-sample/11710482 Â 

Fortified Rice Market Segment by Regions: –

• United States
• EU
• China
• Japan
• South Korea
• Taiwan

Fortified Rice Market Segment by Manufacturers: – Â Cargill Incorporated, Bunge Limited, Bühler AG, BASF SE, General Mills, Wilmar International Ltd., …

Fortified Rice Industry research report is a meticulous investigation of current scenario of the market, which covers several market dynamics. The Fortified Rice market research report is a resource, which provides current as well as upcoming technical and financial details of the industry. The thorough analysis in this report enables investors, CEOs, traders and suppliers to understand the market in a better way and based on that knowledge make well-informed decisions.

Browse Detailed TOC, Tables, Figures, Charts and Companies Mentioned in Fortified Rice Market athttps://www.absolutereports.com/11710482 Â 

A complete analysis of the competitive landscape of the Fortified Rice is provided in the report. This section includes company profiles of market key players. The profiles include contact information, gross, capacity, product details of each firm, price, and cost are covered. This report investigates new project feasibility with a purpose of enlightening new entrants about the possibilities in this market. In this report, thorough SWOT analysis & investment analysis is provided which forecasts imminent opportunities for the Fortified Rice market players.

Some Major Point cover in this Fortified Rice report are: –

• What will the market growth rate, Overview and Analysis by Type of Fortified Rice in 2023?
• What are the key factors driving, Analysis by Applications and Countries Global industry?
• What are Dynamics, This Overview Includes Analysis of Scope, and price analysis of top Manufacturers Profiles?
• Who are Opportunities, Risk and Driving Force of Fortified Rice? Knows Upstream Raw Materials Sourcing and Downstream Buyers
• Who are the key vendors in space? Business Overview by Type, Applications, Gross Margin and Market Share
• What are the opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global market?

No. of pages:

No of Tables & Figures Mentioned in Fortified Rice Market Report: 

Purchase Fortified Rice Market Report at https://www.absolutereports.com/purchase/11710482

In the end, the report elaborates the Global Fortified Rice overview various definitions and classification of the industry, applications of the industry and chain structure are given. Present day status of the Fortified Rice Market in key regions is stated and industry policies and news are analysed.

Supriya Bhosale

Supriya has been the lead news writer at leading newspaper at San Francisco, CA. Supriya is a lively and engaging writer with strong news judgment and social media know-how. She covers Science, Automotive & technology sector and produce stories that include perspective and context for savvy, sophisticated readers. She has relationships with scientist, business owner and techies. Her news is published not just by going beyond the board meeting story but also following the people, trends and issues in respective sector.

• UNCATEGORIZED

http://talkinvestor.com/innovative-fortified-rice-market-research-report-segmented-by-applications-geography-trends-and-projection-2022/

Global Rice Transplanter Market Professional Survey Report 2018 categorized by (All-Automatic, Semi-Automatic)

July 7, 2018

3 Views

3 Min Read

Info@trustedbusinessinsights.com

Share This!

A new market research report titled Global Rice Transplanter Market Professional Survey Report 2018 has been added to the database of Trusted Business Insights (TBI).

In this report the Rice Transplanter Market is valued (valuation provided in sample report) million in 2018 and is expected to reach USD (forecast provided in sample report) million by end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of (percentage provided in sample report) annually between 2018 and 2025.

Salient features of the Rice Transplanter Market Research Report

Geographically the leading manufacturers, exporters, and retailers(if applicable) around the world are analyzed for this research report. Below are the business entities covered in the report:
Yanmar
Kubota
Branson
Nantong FLW Agricultural Equipment
Iseki
Toyonoki
DongFeng
ChangFa
ShiFeng

On the basis of product, this report displays the production, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, primarily split into
All-Automatic
Semi-Automatic

By Application, the market can be split into
Residential
Commercial

By Regions, this report covers (we can add the regions/countries as you want)
North America
China
Europe
Southeast Asia
Japan
India

If you have any special requirements, please let us know and we will offer you the report as you want.

Request sample pages @ https://www.trustedbusinessinsights.com/details/global-rice-transplanter-market-professional-survey-report-2018

Table of Content: Chapters and Major Sections

Global Rice Transplanter Market Professional Survey Report 2018

Chapter 1: Rice Transplanter Market Overview
Chapter 2: Rice Transplanter Competition by Players/Suppliers, Type and Application
Chapter 3: United States Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 4: China Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 5: Europe Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 6: Japan Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 7: Southeast Asia Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 8: India Rice Transplanter Market(Volume, Value and Sales Price)
Chapter 9: Rice Transplanter Players/Suppliers Profiles and Sales Data
Chapter 10: Rice Transplanter Manufacturing Cost Analysis
Chapter 11: Industrial Chain, Sourcing Strategy and Downstream Buyers
Chapter 12: Marketing Strategy Analysis, Distributors/Traders
Chapter 13: Market Effect Factors Analysis
Chapter 14: Rice Transplanter Market Forecast (2018-2025)
Chapter 15: Research Findings and Conclusion
Chapter 16: Appendix

Browse complete TOC @ https://www.trustedbusinessinsights.com/details/global-rice-transplanter-market-professional-survey-report-2018

TBI partners exclusively with global publishers to provide clients single-point access to top-notch market research. TBI’s repository is updated everyday to assist clients to be the first in identifying the next trend by enabling access to competitive intelligence, product, and service trends.

For any Inquiries

Fiona Clarke
100 Church Street, Suite 800, New York, 10007, USA
E-mail:Sales@TrustedBusinessInsights.com
Contact: +1-646-568-9797
Website: https://trustedbusinessinsights.com/

https://theperfectinvestor.com/2018/07/global-rice-transplanter-market-professional-survey-report-2018-categorized-by-all-automatic-semi-automatic/

Global Rice Milling Machinery Market by Production, Value ($), Price, Gross Margin forecast to 2022

 Umang.s July 7, 2018

 0 0  1 minute read

Rice Milling Machinery Market is expected to witness growth of international market with respect to advancements and innovations including development history, competitive analysis and regional development forecast.

The report starts with a basic Rice Milling Machinery market overview. In this introductory section, the research report incorporates analysis of definitions, classifications, applications and industry chain structure. Besides this, the report also consists of development trends, competitive landscape analysis, and key regions development status.

Browse Detailed TOC, Tables, Figures, Charts and Companies Mentioned in Rice Milling Machinery Market Research Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/10473935

A complete analysis of the competitive landscape of the Rice Milling Machinery industry is provided in the report. This section includes company profiles of market key players. The profiles include contact information, gross, capacity, product details of each firm, price, and cost are covered.

Rice Milling Machinery Market Key Players Analysis:

·        

·       Satake Manufacturing

·       Buhler

·       Hunan Chenzhou

·       Hubei Yongxiang

·       Zhejiang Qili Machinery

·       Hunan Xiangliang

·       Wufeng

·       Jiangsu Hexi Machinery

·       Yamamoto

Applications like:

·        

·       Personal

·       Commercial

·        

Product Types as segmented:

·       Type I

·       Type II

The Rice Milling Machinery market research report shed light on Foremost Regions like: North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India

Get Sample PDF of Rice Milling Machinery Market Research Report@ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/10473935 

This section of the market research report includes analysis of major raw materials suppliers, manufacturing equipment suppliers, major players of the Rice Milling Machinery industry, key consumers, and supply chain relationship. The contact information is also provided along with this analysis.

Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis:

·        Manufacturing Cost Analysis

·        Raw Materials Analysis

·        Price Trend of Key Raw Materials

·        Key Suppliers of Raw Materials

·        Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials

·        Labour Cost

Along with this, analysis of depreciation cost, manufacturing cost structure, manufacturing process is also carried out. Price, cost, and gross analysis of the Rice Milling Machinery market is also included in this section.

Trade and Distribution Analysis:

·        Marketing Channel

·        Direct Marketing

·        Indirect Marketing

·        Marketing Channel Development Trend

·        Market Positioning

·        Pricing Strategy

·        Brand Strategy

·        Distributors/Traders List

This section of the Rice Milling Machinery market report consists of marketing channel status and end buyer price analysis. It also provides contact information of the traders and distributors.

For Any Query on Rice Milling Machinery market, Speak to Expert@ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/10473935

Market Effect Factors Analysis:

·        Technology Progress/Risk

·        Substitutes Threat

·        Technology Progress in Related Industry

·        Consumer Needs/Customer Preference Change

·        Economic/Political Environmental Change

This particular section of the Rice Milling Machinery market report includes analysis of gross margin, cost and price.

The Rice Milling Machinery industry research report is a valuable source of guidance and direction. It is helpful for established businesses, new entrants in the market as well as individuals interested in the market. The Rice Milling Machinery market report provides important statistics on the existing state of the said market.

No. of Report pages: 105

Price of Report: $ 4000

Purchase Rice Milling Machinery Market Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/purchase/10473935

https://newsofenergy.com/global-rice-milling-machinery-market-by-production-value-price-gross-margin-forecast-to-2022/

Rice Bran Wax Market Capacity, Production, Revenue, Price, Cost, Gross Margin Analysis 2017-2022

July 7, 2018

2 Min Read

Umang.s

Share This!

Rice Bran Wax Market provides market information about Top Manufacturers, Market segmentation, Types, Application and Regions. Rice Bran Wax Market also share Market capacity, Production, Revenue, Market Drivers and Forecast 2022.

Rice Bran Wax Market is anticipated to witness considerable development in the following years from 2017-2022. Also, a six-year historic analysis is provided for these markets.

Global Rice Bran Wax Market Top Key Players Such as:

·  Oryza Oil & Fat Chemical

·  Huzhou Shengtao Biotech

·  Kahlwax

·  Croda

·  Kobo Products

·  Koster Keunen

·  Poth Hille

·  …

Request Sample Copy of Report Here: https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/10510715

This report investigates new project feasibility with a purpose of enlightening new entrants about the possibilities in this market. In this report, thorough SWOT analysis & investment analysis is provided which forecasts imminent opportunities for the Rice Bran Wax market players.

Rice Bran Wax Market is segmented as follows –

By Types: 

·  Food Grade

·  Pharmaceutical Grade

By Applications: 

·  Supplement

·  Pharmaceutical

·  Others

Detailed TOC and Charts & Tables of Rice Bran Wax Market Research Report available at-https://www.marketreportsworld.com/10510715

Geographically, Rice Bran Wax Market report provides segment analysis and import and export status, demand status, production volume, of Rice Bran Wax including regions such as: Europe, North America, China, Japan, Southeast Asia.

Major Aspects Responsible for Rice Bran Wax Market Growth:

• Rice Bran Wax Market Overview, Type, Applications and Regions
• Rice Bran Wax Market Development trends
• Key Manufacturers Analysis with market status
• Consumption by market share (2017-2022)
• Historical, current, and projected size of the market from the standpoint of both value and volume
• Market entry strategies with counter measures of economic impact
• Market segmentation by production, import and export
• New Project Investment Feasibility Analysis
• Feasibility studies and proposals for new project investment

Price of Report (single User Licence): $ 2900

Purchase Report at: https://www.marketreportsworld.com/purchase/10510715

In the end, the report focuses on Rice Bran Wax Market major leading market players in Rice Bran Wax industry area with information such as company profile of Rice Bran Wax market, sales volume, price, gross margin of Rice Bran Wax industry and contact information.

https://sectorhealthcare.com/rice-bran-wax-market-capacity-production-revenue-price-cost-gross-margin-analysis-2017-2022/

Global Rice Syrup Market 2022 Trends Forecast Analysis by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application

7 July 2018 - by Mrudula.k

Rice Syrup Market research report is a proven source of information which offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and status. Both established and new players in the Rice Syrup industry can use this report for complete understanding of the market.

Rice Syrup Market Dynamics analysed in this research report

·       Rice Syrup Market Opportunities

·       Rice Syrup Challenge and Risk

·       Competition from Opponents

·       Downside Risks of Economy

·       Rice Syrup Market Constraints and Threat

·       Threat from Substitute

·       Government Policy

·       Technology Risks

·       Rice Syrup Market Driving Force

·       Growing Demand from Emerging Markets

·       Potential Application

Various key factors are discussed in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Rice Syrup market on competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends, opportunities, marketing strategies analysis, Market Effect Factor Analysisand Consumer Needs by major regions, types, applications in Global market considering the past, present and future state of the Rice Syrup industry.

Get Details of this Rice Syrup report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/10449733

Global Rice Syrup Competition Analysis by Players

·       Rice Syrup Market Size (Value) by Players (2017 and 2017)

·       Competitive Status and Trend

·       Market Concentration Rate

·       Product/Service Differences

·       New Entrants

·       The Technology Trends in Future

The report provides a thorough overview of the Rice Syrup Market including definitions, classifications, applications and chain structure.

Market Effect Factors Analysis

·       Technology Progress/Risk

·       Substitutes

·       Technology Progress in Related Industry

·       Consumer Needs Trend/Customer Preference

·       External Environmental Change

·       Economic Fluctuations

·       Other Risk Factors

Rice Syrup Market Size by Type and Application (2012-2017)

·       Global Rice Syrup Market Size by Type (2012-2017)

·       Global Rice Syrup Market Size by Application (2012-2017)

·       Potential Application of Rice Syrup in Future

·       Top Consumer/End Users of Rice Syrup

Market Analysis by Application

·       Rice Syrup Share by Application (2012-2017)

·       Rice Syrup Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)

Ask for a Sample PDF of Rice Syrup market report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/10449733

Company (Top Players) Profiles has following information

·       Company Profile

·       Main Business/Business Overview

·       Products, Services and Solutions

·       Rice Syrup Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)

·       Recent Developments

Rice Syrup industry report contains proven by regions, especially

·       United States, EU, Japan, China, India, Southeast Asia

focusing top manufacturers in global market, with Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer, covering following top players

·        

·       Wuhu Deli Foods

·       Axiom Foods

·       Wuhu Haoyikuai Food

·       California Natural products (CNP)

·       Cargill

·       ADM

·       ABF Ingredients

·       …

·        

Rice Syrup Research Reports Market segments and Consumption Market Share for types: –

·        

·       Brown Rice

·       White Rice

·       Certified Organic Rice

·        

Rice Syrup Research Reports Market segments and Consumption Market Share for applications: –

·        

·       Confectionery

·       Processed Foods

·       Dairy Products

·       Ice-creams

·        

Wish to Customise by Your Requirement? Ask our expert @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/10449733

Several important areas are covered in this Rice Syrup market research report. Some key points among them: –

1.     What Overview Rice Syrup Says? This Overview Includes Diligent Analysis of Scope, Types, Application, Sales by region, manufacturers, types and applications

2.     What Is Rice Syrup Competition considering Manufacturers, Types and Application? Based on Thorough Research of Key Factors

3.     Who Are Rice Syrup Key Manufacturers? Along with this survey you also get their Product Information (Type, Application and Specification)

4.     Rice Syrup Manufacturing Cost Analysis –This Analysis is done by considering prime elements like Key RAW Materials, Price Trends, Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials, Proportion of Raw Materials and Labour Cost in Manufacturing Cost Structure

5.     Rice Syrup Industrial Chain Analysis

6.     Rice Syrup Marketing strategies analysis by

7.     Market Positioning

8.     Pricing and Branding Strategy

9.     Client Targeting

10.  Rice Syrup Effect Factor Analysis

11.  Technology Process/Risk Considering Substitute Threat and Technology Progress in Rice Syrup Industry

12.  Consumer Needs or What Change Is Observed in Preference of Customer

13.  Political/Economical Change

14.  What is Rice Syrup forecast (2017-2022) Considering Sales, Revenue for Regions, Types and Applications?

Price of Report: $ 3500 (Single User Licence)

Purchase Rice Syrup Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/purchase/10449733

Topics such as sales and sales revenue overview, production market share by product type, capacity and production overview, import, export, and consumption are covered under the development trend section of the Rice Syrup market report.

Lastly, the feasibility analysis of new project investment is done in the report, which consist of a detailed SWOT analysis of the Rice Syrup market.

Some of key Tables and Figures included in Rice Syrup Market research study: –

1.     Figure Picture of Rice Syrup

2.     Figure United States, EU, Japan, China, India, Southeast Asia Rice Syrup Revenue and Growth Rate (2012-2022)

3.     Table Production Base and Market Concentration Rate of Raw Material

4.     Figure Manufacturing Cost Structure of Rice Syrup

5.     Figure Manufacturing Process Analysis of Rice Syrup

6.     Figure Rice Syrup Industrial Chain Analysis

7.     Figure Rice Syrup Sales and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)

8.     Figure Rice Syrup Revenue and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)

9.     Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Regions (2017-2022)

10.  Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Type (2017-2022)

11.  Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Application (2017-2022)

https://www.military-technologies.net/2018/07/07/global-rice-syrup-market-2022-trends-forecast-analysis-by-manufacturers-regions-type-and-application/

Global Rice Syrup Market 2022 Trends Forecast Analysis by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application

7 July 2018 - by Mrudula.k

Rice Syrup Market research report is a proven source of information which offers a telescopic view of the current market trends, situations, opportunities and status. Both established and new players in the Rice Syrup industry can use this report for complete understanding of the market.

Rice Syrup Market Dynamics analysed in this research report

·       Rice Syrup Market Opportunities

·       Rice Syrup Challenge and Risk

·       Competition from Opponents

·       Downside Risks of Economy

·       Rice Syrup Market Constraints and Threat

·       Threat from Substitute

·       Government Policy

·       Technology Risks

·       Rice Syrup Market Driving Force

·       Growing Demand from Emerging Markets

·       Potential Application

Various key factors are discussed in the report, which will help the buyer in studying the Rice Syrup market on competitive landscape analysis of prime manufacturers, trends, opportunities, marketing strategies analysis, Market Effect Factor Analysisand Consumer Needs by major regions, types, applications in Global market considering the past, present and future state of the Rice Syrup industry.

Get Details of this Rice Syrup report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/10449733

Global Rice Syrup Competition Analysis by Players

·       Rice Syrup Market Size (Value) by Players (2017 and 2017)

·       Competitive Status and Trend

·       Market Concentration Rate

·       Product/Service Differences

·       New Entrants

·       The Technology Trends in Future

The report provides a thorough overview of the Rice Syrup Market including definitions, classifications, applications and chain structure.

Market Effect Factors Analysis

·       Technology Progress/Risk

·       Substitutes

·       Technology Progress in Related Industry

·       Consumer Needs Trend/Customer Preference

·       External Environmental Change

·       Economic Fluctuations

·       Other Risk Factors

Rice Syrup Market Size by Type and Application (2012-2017)

·       Global Rice Syrup Market Size by Type (2012-2017)

·       Global Rice Syrup Market Size by Application (2012-2017)

·       Potential Application of Rice Syrup in Future

·       Top Consumer/End Users of Rice Syrup

Market Analysis by Application

·       Rice Syrup Share by Application (2012-2017)

·       Rice Syrup Growth Rate by Application (2012-2017)

Ask for a Sample PDF of Rice Syrup market report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/request-sample/10449733

Company (Top Players) Profiles has following information

·       Company Profile

·       Main Business/Business Overview

·       Products, Services and Solutions

·       Rice Syrup Revenue (Value) (2012-2017)

·       Recent Developments

Rice Syrup industry report contains proven by regions, especially

·       United States, EU, Japan, China, India, Southeast Asia

focusing top manufacturers in global market, with Production, price, revenue and market share for each manufacturer, covering following top players

·        

·       Wuhu Deli Foods

·       Axiom Foods

·       Wuhu Haoyikuai Food

·       California Natural products (CNP)

·       Cargill

·       ADM

·       ABF Ingredients

·       …

·        

Rice Syrup Research Reports Market segments and Consumption Market Share for types: –

·        

·       Brown Rice

·       White Rice

·       Certified Organic Rice

·        

Rice Syrup Research Reports Market segments and Consumption Market Share for applications: –

·        

·       Confectionery

·       Processed Foods

·       Dairy Products

·       Ice-creams

·        

Wish to Customise by Your Requirement? Ask our expert @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/enquiry/pre-order-enquiry/10449733

Several important areas are covered in this Rice Syrup market research report. Some key points among them: –

1.     What Overview Rice Syrup Says? This Overview Includes Diligent Analysis of Scope, Types, Application, Sales by region, manufacturers, types and applications

2.     What Is Rice Syrup Competition considering Manufacturers, Types and Application? Based on Thorough Research of Key Factors

3.     Who Are Rice Syrup Key Manufacturers? Along with this survey you also get their Product Information (Type, Application and Specification)

4.     Rice Syrup Manufacturing Cost Analysis –This Analysis is done by considering prime elements like Key RAW Materials, Price Trends, Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials, Proportion of Raw Materials and Labour Cost in Manufacturing Cost Structure

5.     Rice Syrup Industrial Chain Analysis

6.     Rice Syrup Marketing strategies analysis by

7.     Market Positioning

8.     Pricing and Branding Strategy

9.     Client Targeting

10.  Rice Syrup Effect Factor Analysis

11.  Technology Process/Risk Considering Substitute Threat and Technology Progress in Rice Syrup Industry

12.  Consumer Needs or What Change Is Observed in Preference of Customer

13.  Political/Economical Change

14.  What is Rice Syrup forecast (2017-2022) Considering Sales, Revenue for Regions, Types and Applications?

Price of Report: $ 3500 (Single User Licence)

Purchase Rice Syrup Report @ https://www.marketreportsworld.com/purchase/10449733

Topics such as sales and sales revenue overview, production market share by product type, capacity and production overview, import, export, and consumption are covered under the development trend section of the Rice Syrup market report.

Lastly, the feasibility analysis of new project investment is done in the report, which consist of a detailed SWOT analysis of the Rice Syrup market.

Some of key Tables and Figures included in Rice Syrup Market research study: –

1.     Figure Picture of Rice Syrup

2.     Figure United States, EU, Japan, China, India, Southeast Asia Rice Syrup Revenue and Growth Rate (2012-2022)

3.     Table Production Base and Market Concentration Rate of Raw Material

4.     Figure Manufacturing Cost Structure of Rice Syrup

5.     Figure Manufacturing Process Analysis of Rice Syrup

6.     Figure Rice Syrup Industrial Chain Analysis

7.     Figure Rice Syrup Sales and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)

8.     Figure Rice Syrup Revenue and Growth Rate Forecast (2017-2022)

9.     Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Regions (2017-2022)

10.  Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Type (2017-2022)

11.  Table Rice Syrup Sales Forecast by Application (2017-2022)

https://www.military-technologies.net/2018/07/07/global-rice-syrup-market-2022-trends-forecast-analysis-by-manufacturers-regions-type-and-application/

PRICES-KOCHI COMMODITIES

·       PTI

·       July 7, 2018

·       UPDATED: July 7, 2018 13:02 IST

·       FOLLOW

·         EMAIL AUTHOR

·        

·        

·        

·        

·       READ LATER

Kochi, Jul 7 (PTI): Ginger (Inferior) Rs.11,000/-, Ginger (Medium) Rs.14,000/-, Ginger (Best) Rs.15,000/-, Turmeric Salem Rs.8,500-9,000/-, Turmeric-Erode(Agmark) Rs.9,000/-,Nuxvomica Rs.-----, Ambahaldhar Rs.10,500/-, Kolinjan 14,000-15,000/-, Kachura Rs.------, Kapurkatchili Rs.14,000-17,000/-, Betelnuts Rs.18,000-19,000/-, Rice Raw (No.1) Rs----/-,Rice Raw (No.2) Rs.2,900/-, Rice Boiled (Sulekha) Rs.3,750/-, Rice Jaya (Boiled) Rs.3,200/-, Rice Broken Rs.2,400/-, Wheat Rs.2,550/-, Chola Rs.--------, Chillies Rs.10,800-15,800/-, Bengal Gram Rs.4,500-4,700/-, Black Gram Rs.6,000-6,600/-, Gingelly Rs.11,000/-, Green Gram Rs.7,000-7,600/-, Horse Gram 4,500/-, Peas Dal Rs.4,100-4,400/-, Toor Dal Rs.5,500-6,300/-, Pepper New Rs.32,200/- Pepper light Rs.-------, Pin Heads Rs.------, Sugar (per bag) Rs.3,800/-(All rates per quintal).

COIR YARN : Cochin Parur Thin (85 M/Kg) Rs.5,000/-, Vycom Thick 180M/Kg) Rs.4,900/-, Choriwal Thin Rs.6,800/- PTI NNK MVV MVV MVV

https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/prices-kochi-commodities-1279852-2018-07-07

·       INTERNATIONAL

·       NATIONAL

·       ENERGY

·       ECONOMY

·       WORLD ECONOMY

·       PEOPLE

·       ART & CULTURE

·       Log in

·       Sign up

 

Decline in Rice Imports

Around 379,000 tons of rice worth $375 million were imported during the first three months of the current year (March 21-June 21), showing 7.9% and 1.3% decrease in volume and value respectively compared with the corresponding period last year, latest figures released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration show.

https://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/89397/decline-in-rice-imports

How Illicit Rice Trade Is Convulsing Nigeria’s Local IndustryPublished 1 day ago on July 8, 2018 By CHIKA IZUORA Despite the efforts of the federal government to nip in the bud rice smuggling into the country by banning its imports through the land border as well as grow local production through various incentives to farmers, smugglers keep testing the might of the government. CHIKA IZUORA looks at the intricacies and strategies deployed to put out the nefarious trade and what the nation stands to gain by being self-sufficient in rice production and as well as the plan to be a net exporter of rice. Rice smuggling is an unfortunate trademark in Nigeria’s business environment and perpetrators appear so elusive that successive administrations have found rather too hard to eliminate. It is not that its implications on the economy is not fully understood by the authorities but experts in the economy and policy makers are yet to come to terms as to why it is still a thriving venture whose sponsors or promoters are yet to be located. Going by findings, Nigerian government has not issued any licences in the last three years for rice importation, but yet Iddo market in Lagos, reputed to be the biggest rice market even in West Africa, displays 99 per cent of foreign rice as at today, all which are products of smuggled rice from neighbouring countries. Rice is one of the most consumed staples in Nigeria, with a consumption per capita of 32 kilograms. In the past decade, consumption has increased 4.7 per cent almost four times the global consumption growth, and reached 6.4 million tonnes in 2017 accounting for 20 per cent of Africa’s consumption, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data indicated. As at 2011, rice accounted for 10 per cent of household food spending, and 6.6 per cent of total household spending, and given the importance of rice as a staple food in Nigeria, boosting its production has been accorded high priority by the government in the past 7 years. Significant progress has been recorded, rice production in Nigeria reached a peak of 3.7 million tonnes in 2017. Nigeria continues to rely on rice importation to meet growing rice demand, because of production and demand disparity on one hand and being that urban consumers generally have preference for imported rice as a result of its perceived higher quality. World’s 3rd Largest Importer of Rice However, in the past five years however, rice imports have declined 33.3 per cent reaching 2.7 million tonnes in 2017, a situation attributed to reduced demand as a result of government’s policies on import substitution – import tariffs and inclusion of rice in the list of 41 items ineligible for forex in the official market. But despite these, Nigeria remains the single largest rice importer in Africa and the world’s third largest with Thailand, India and Pakistan as its largest import sources. It would be recalled that on June 23, 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that it would no longer provide foreign exchange for 41 items including rice. The bank, argued that the move would encourage patronage of locally made goods, which also led to immediate increases in the prices of some of the items. In 2017, Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, said the country’s rice imports from Thailand had dropped to 20,000 metric tonnes. Apart from killing local rice industry, the illicit trade is boosting the economy of Nigeria’s neighbors who are reaping revenue from import duties they charge, as well as creating job opportunities for their citizens. A stakeholder who analysed this scenario said that because government has significantly reduced rice importation, the country on one hand has denied itself revenue it ought to generate from levies, taxes and on the other hand caused job loss as terminal operators with handling facilities do not have businesses anymore. Our source also informed that a whole chain is affected because transporters have been affected as those involved in haulage do not have jobs while mechanics engaged in repairs are also affected. While, he said, this would have indirectly afforded local rice producers opportunities to grow their businesses and re-engage these people thrown out of job, smuggling has negatively stalled these, causing the country to lose revenue while local industries are at the mercy of smugglers. Enormous Capacity for Local Production Experts, however still have confidence that Nigeria’s rice statistics suggest there is an enormous potential to raise productivity and increase production. Yields have remained at two tonne per hectare, which is about half of the average achieved in Asia. In addition, as population increases, along with rural to urban migration, ensuring food security in key staples becomes critical. There is also this growing concern that apart from government inability to pause this illegal trade, the intervention in the rice production sector is not encouraging local rice production and processing. For instance, smallholder farmers, who account for 80 per cent of the agricultural production in Nigeria, have low income and limited access to credit facilities. Hence, high acquisition and maintenance cost of agricultural machinery has limited their capacity for investment in agricultural machinery. Also, low technical skills have constrained the adoption of mechanisation and without training, smallholder farmers do not have the technical capabilities to operate machinery and equipment. According to experts, empirical evidence suggests that mechanisation promotes rice production, and according to a study conducted by Sultana et al (2015), which analysed the drivers of increased rice production in five Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, farmers who ploughed with a tractor increased their production by 51 per cent relative to those who utilised manual methods. In addition, mechanisation reduces production costs and post-harvest losses, as AfricaRice policy shows that the use of appropriate technologies could reduce a country’s rice imports by 17 per cent. Based on recent PcW analysis, an increase in mechanisation rate from 0.3 horsepower per hectare, hp/ha to 0.8hp/ha in the next five years, can double rice production to 7.2 million tonnes. Nigeria’s mechanisation has remained low at 0.3 horsepower per hectare hp/ha, relative to 2.6hp/ha in India and 8 hp/ha in China. The number of agricultural tractors is estimated around 22,000, relative to one million and 2.5 million in China and India respectively. Low income, limited access to affordable financing and the lack of technical skills have limited the adoption of mechanisation across the rice value chain. Analysing, the economic implications of rice smuggling in Nigeria, the general manager, rice of Elephant Group Plc, Aliyu Tajudeen Olarenwaju, expressed some reservations with current rice policy because it has not adequately addressed the large scale smuggling along border lines. “In the last three years government has not issued any “FORM M”, to anyone to import rice into the country, so we shouldn’t be seeing imported rice in the market, but with smuggling significantly thriving government is simply losing revenue from duties and levies and terminal operators are also losing business opportunities. From every indication, 99 per cent of rice circulating in our markets are imported rice, and this is because the landing cost is cheaper”, he said. Challenges Before Local Rice Producers But why is local price not competitive and why is smuggling the preferred option? LEADERSHIP Sunday inquired. Olarenwaju now gave the following explanations. According to him, local producers are highly challenged by dearth of infrastructure and other factors. For the paddy rice which government is promoting through its intervention mechanism costs between N130,000 to N140,000 to process a ton and from a 1,000 kilogram of paddy rice you realize 550 kilograms which translates to 11 bags and when this number is divided by 50 kilograms, then you come to a production cost of N12,700 for a bag of paddy rice. This is the cost of purchase outside milling cost which is N2,500 per bag bringing a complete 50 kilograms production to N15,200 actual price, and when added transportation and other sundry elements it goes a little higher. Olarenwaju, said that it is more profitable to smugglers, who lands a 50 kilogram of Thai rice at N6,000 and pay additional N2,000 to cross it and sell either below or at same cost with local spec. He said, at the present competition rate, no local miller can sell at credit level, therefore local processors cannot match smugglers prices because cost of production is very high. A rice Miller who would not want to be named said at present he has 15,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice valued at N2 billion waiting to be milled since December. He said, milling at present market regime will be a waste of fund because the selling price cannot compete with foreign rice that has flooded the market. Sunday LEADERSHIP also learned that paddy rice production in the country is in the region of 10 million tonnes per annum. While this appear to be encouraging, associated processing cost makes the local market redundant. Operators are strongly not coming to terms with the CBN intervention initiatives even as the bank claims it has also stepped up the Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP) to create a linkage between companies involved in the processing and small holder farmers (SHFs) of key agricultural commodities. The programme provides inputs to farmers to improve production and the farmers supplies produce to the processing company at harvest in exchange for the cash equivalent. Olarenwaju on his part, said, the Anchor Borrowers initiative is commendable but with the high production cost and the fund not easily accessible at single digit it makes no economic value because millers cannot produce at margin. The CBN, said it has spent N55 billion on boosting rice production through the Anchor Borrowers programme in the last two years. Through that intervention, at least 2.5 million metric tonnes has been added to the already 2.5 million metric tonnes Nigeria was already producing. The CBN has also promised to expand the scope of intervention in 2018 to achieve 3.5 million metric tonnes of rice production through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme by the end of 2018. Despite these claims, Olarenwaju disclosed that there are companies that have been approached but they declined taking the fund because they cannot recoup investment given present market environment. Despite that the Nigerian Customs had declared zero-tolerance to rice imports through the land borders irrespective of volume with immediate effect and importers who have already initiated import processes were given grace period ending March 25, 2016 to clear their consignments, rice smuggling has increased at the border areas. CBN, States Partnerships Rice smuggling, may have greatly jeopardized the country’s efforts and anticipation not only to bridge production gap but to embark of export of locally produced rice. The Central Bank of Nigeria, had projected that Nigeria will begin to export rice to other countries by the end of 2017. The CBN, during a sensitisation/awareness programme for farmers in Bayelsa state on the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, last November said the programme had started yielding fruits, and that with the progress so far recorded by the CBN through its agricultural financing policies, Nigeria would begin to export rice. The bank started a pilot programme in Kebbi state with 78,000 farmers, cultivating an average of one hectare and that was when President Muhammadu Buhari launched the programme in 2016. The programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year – two dry seasons cropping and one rainy season cropping, and helping Kebbi State to exceed one million tonnes of rice. Apart from Kebbi, Ebonyi state has keyed into it promise to produce 1.2million tonnes of rice in one year. There are other states like Abia, Jigawa, Sokoto, Cross River, which appear to have shown significant interest in the initiative. Nevertheless, experts say huge rice production cannot be achieved by a system that depends almost entirely on human muscle power and other manual methods. The growth recorded in rice production has been facilitated by government policies towards achieving self-sufficiency in rice production. Government intervention in rice production has leaned towards providing inputs such as improved seedlings and fertilizer to small holder farmers. Also, some state governments have granted land concessions as an investment incentive to large commercial farmers. Towards improving irrigation, government is investing in various irrigation projects as well. Mechanisation Way To Go They have observed that the adoption of mechanisation is still low as a result of the bureaucratic processes and inadequate agricultural machinery. From the 1980s till date, the federal government has sought to enhance mechanisation through several agriculture policy interventions. These range from the establishment of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) in 1990, to the recent Mechnisation Implementation Programme (MIP) 11. Similarly, many states have attempted to increase mechanisation through the provision of subsidies for tractor hire. In his view, however, the director general of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Muda Yusuf, said there is nothing on ground to confirm Nigeria has really increased its rice production to such a level that importation is no longer necessary. While, he supports ban on importation of commodities and products that can be sourced locally, as announced by agriculture minister recently, he disagreed with statistics flaunted by government. “We need to relate with the reality on ground, if there is sufficient domestic production it will be there for everyone to see, you cannot hide it. There is apparent gap between domestic demand and supply, and there is no sufficient paddy rice to mill because local capacity is low. If the rice is available the price should have come down and with 70 per cent of the people at poverty level, they hardly can afford the local rice claimed to be available”, he argued. Yusuf suggested acceleration of mechanized and commercial agriculture to increase economic returns to small scale farmers and improve production. He decried low penetration rate of mechanization which he said remains a major factor militating against the sector’s productivity, adding that food is a basic necessity of Nigerians and ways must be sort to improve agricultural productivity in the country so as to meet the food demands of the populace. According to him, with mechanisation and more lands under cultivation, the scale of operation of the farmer is increased and if a farmer is using hand tools, he may be restricted to 2 hectares but with mechanization he can cultivate farm land up to 10 hectares in size. Following, the increase in rice smuggling in recent times, the federal government has threatened shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI), explained that the action had become necessary to encourage local production and sustain the economy of the country. The minister said a neighbouring country was bent on destroying the economy of the country and discouraging local production of rice, hence the need to shut down the border. “Our other problem is smuggling. As we speak, a neighbor of ours is importing more rice than China is importing,” he said. “They do not eat parboiled rice, they eat white rice, they use their ports to try and damage our economy. I am telling you now because in a few days, you will hear the border has been shut, we are going to shut it to protect you, us and protect our economy,” the minister said. He said the federal government in two years reduced rice importation by 95 percent and increased the number of rice farmers from five to 30 million. The minister said states like Anambra, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa were doing well in rice production. “We just have to handwork you to prosperity otherwise, this country will not grow. My wish for you is to have a better time that we had,” Ogbeh said.

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/07/08/how-illicit-rice-trade-is-convulsing-nigerias-local-industry/https://leadership.ng/2018/07/08/how-illicit-rice-trade-is-convulsing-nigerias-local-industry/

Doctors warned of the serious dangers of rice

By

 paradox

 -

07.07.2018

11

Share on Facebook

Tweet on Twitter

  

Rice contains bacteria surviving in its preparation.

Scientists say that the warming up of rice can lead to food poisoning. In this regard you need to be careful and make sure he was kept in the refrigerator.

According to nutritionists, raw rice can contain spores of the bacteria Bacillus cereus, which survive while cooking. They provoke food poisoning. If the rice is not put in the refrigerator, the spores transform into bacteria that contribute to the production of toxins. The result is a diarrhea and vomiting.

Put the finished dish in the refrigerator is recommended for hours. While it is stored there must not more than a day.

“If you eat rice that contains Bacillus cereus bacteria you may sick and experience vomiting or diarrhoea about one to five hours after this” – say scientists.

http://micetimes.asia/doctors-warned-of-the-serious-dangers-of-rice/

FG Supports Rice Farmers With Machines, Capacity Building In Good Agronomic Practices

⁰

^{Agriculture, Domestic, Economy}

^{July 5, 2018}

^A+A-

^EMAILPRINT

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Chief Audu Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, says the Federal Government has been supporting rice farmers with machines at subsidised prices and capacity building in good agronomic practices.

The minister, who was represented by Dr. Fahma Aliyu, the Desk Officer of Rice Value Chain in the ministry, said this on Tuesday said at the Rice-Africa’s 6th International Conference on Rice Market and Development in Abuja.

He said that rice was a staple food for over 50 percent of the world’s population and the most rapidly growing source of food in Africa, adding that its importance to food and nutrition security on the continent could, therefore, not be over-emphasised.

He said that the policies of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had provided the enabling environment for sustainable rice production, while creating synergy among stakeholders, particularly the private sector, to engender rice revolution in the country.

“Our domestic milled rice output now stands at about 6.4 million tonnes, up from about 5.3 million tonnes in 2015.

“The feat was achieved by expanding the areas under rice production, encouraging dry-season rice farming and increasing the average yield per hectare.

“The average rice yield rose to 4 tonnes per hectare in the wet season and 5.5 tonnes per hectare in dry season via irrigation,’’ he added.

Ogbeh said that the government also recognised the need to improve the quality of domestic and homegrown milled rice; hence the sale of over 300 rice mills and de-stoners to small and medium rice processors across the country.

“Other support given to rice farmers includes the provision of agro-chemicals and machines at subsidised rates as well as capacity building in good agronomic practices and post-harvest handling nationwide.

“Our belief is that Nigeria will not only be self-sufficient in rice production but will also join the rice export market by the turn of 2020,’’ he said.

The minister said that the government was committed and ready to support programmes which were geared toward providing the needed platform for the exchange of existing research information on rice production and linking research with the policy process.

“This is done to strengthen the rice sector and foster equitable integration of small-scale rice enterprises into market-oriented systems,’’ he said.

In his speech, Mr. Tayo Adewumi, National Programme Coordinator, FADAMA III Additional Financing (AFII) Programme, said that the programme had cultivated over 124,000 hectares of rice farms while producing more than one million tonnes of rice.

Adewumi, who was represented by Mr. Abdullahi Salisu, FCT Project Coordinator of FADAMA, said that the rice production, which represented 29 percent of the total rice production of Nigeria in the 2017/2018 cropping season, was achieved with the resources made available under the FADAMA project.

“The funds for FADAMA III (AFII) programme, which total 200 million U.S. dollars, were given by the World Bank to support the production of four staple crops — rice, cassava, tomato and sorghum.

“If we are able to achieve this much in rice production, you can imagine what FADAMA would have been able to achieve in the production of all the four crops if more funds are made available.

“Nigeria spent over N1 billion daily importing rice before 2015; if those statistics stand, you can imagine what we were able to save from rice imports in just a month.

“If you put this amount into the system which the FADAMA programme has established, you can imagine the kind of production we will be able to achieve for these crops,’’ he said.

“We need to encourage our local farmers to produce rice with good quality in enough quantities while developing the rice value chain to make the rice acceptable to consumers and for export,’’ he added. (NAN)

http://www.nta.ng/agriculture/20180705-fg-supports-rice-farmers-with-machines-capacity-building-in-good-agronomic-practices/

 

Police book four anonymous persons for rice miller’s murder

TNN | Updated: Jul 8, 2018, 09:25 IST

Representative image

PILIBHIT: An FIR was lodged against four anonymous persons on Saturday after the son of rice miler, Ghanshyam Dixit, who had died mysteriously on June 30, filed a written complaint with Puranpur Kotwali police. This was the same rice miller against whom 11 wheat farmers had levelled charges of embezzling an amount of Rs 34 Lakh and had filed a written complaint to the district magistrate, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra, on Friday. They had allegedly not been paid for their produce at an FCI purchase center.

The deceased’s son, Adarsh Dixit, insisted that he had been poisoned. Dixit, a resident of village Sabalpur Khas under Puranpur Kotwali police station, said his father, who was a partner in Satsai rice industries in Puranpur, had gone to Ikottar Nath temple, which is around 4 kilometers from his home village, near Mandanpur forest in the early morning on June 30.

It was there that he was given poison by four anonymous persons, who had an enmity with him and who had followed the deceased’s car on bikes, Dixit claimed. The SHO of Puranpur Kotwali police station, Keshav Tiwari, said that an FIR was lodged against four anonymous persons under section 302 (murder) of the IPC.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/64900886.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Solutions to India's growing malnutrition issue? Replace rice with cereals

Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%

Charu Bahri | India Spend Last Updated at July 7, 2018 14:40 IST

 

7

Farmers

·       ALSO READ

States prefer costly MSP scheme but high cost may deter adoption

A case for integrated farm management

NITI Aayog panel recommends tax cuts on gold, revamping monetisation scheme

Water's crisis is ours to change

Niti Aayog proposes digital backbone for Modi's Ayushman Bharat

·        

India could reduce the water it uses for irrigation by a third and simultaneously address its persistent malnutrition problem, if it replaced its rice crop with more nutritious and less thirsty cereals, a study of irrigation-water use over 43 years has found.

Of the cereals grown in India, rice consumes the most water per tonne of output while delivering the least nutrients–iron, zinc and protein–according to the study published in Science Advances, a global science journal. The suggested replacements for rice are maize, finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum, all of which consume less water per tonne and are more nutritious.

In a first, scientists juxtaposed this potential water-saving from an alternative cropping pattern with the nutritional gains that would follow from growing more nutrient-dense and less water-intensive cereals.Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%, respectively.

These findings are significant considering that India today faces the worst water crisis in its history and continues to battle iron and zinc deficiencies.

The study, ‘Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India’, was published on July 4, 2018.

Twenty-one Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020, the NITI Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, predicted last month, as IndiaSpend reported on June 25, 2018.

While the common belief is that urbanisation and industrialisation are the reasons for the falling groundwater levels across India, over nine-tenths of groundwater is extracted for irrigation, IndiaSpend reported in November 2016.

Roughly one-third (34%) of the 632 cubic kilometre (cu km) of water that India used to grow cereals in 2009 came from various irrigation sources, the new study said. Rainfall accounted for the rest.

While India is food secure today, the new study showed that this achievement has come at the cost of water security, and has failed to substantially improve Indians’ nutrition status, particularly iron and zinc sufficiency.

Just over half (53%) of Indian women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) were estimated to be anaemic–a result of iron deficiency–in the fourth National Family Health Survey of 2015-16, IndiaSpend reported in November 2017. More than a third of the Indian population is zinc-deprived, we reported in September 2017.

Now it appears a solution is at hand to reverse these deficiencies while achieving water security and livelihood security for farmers. “A massive win-win” is how Mihir Shah, economist, former member of the Planning Commission and co-founder of water and livelihood security initiative Samaj Pragati Sahayog, described the cropping change solution.

Solutions to India's growing malnutrition issue? Replace rice with cereals

Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%

Charu Bahri | India Spend Last Updated at July 7, 2018 14:40 IST

 

7

Farmers

·       ALSO READ

States prefer costly MSP scheme but high cost may deter adoption

A case for integrated farm management

NITI Aayog panel recommends tax cuts on gold, revamping monetisation scheme

Water's crisis is ours to change

Niti Aayog proposes digital backbone for Modi's Ayushman Bharat

·        

India could reduce the water it uses for irrigation by a third and simultaneously address its persistent malnutrition problem, if it replaced its rice crop with more nutritious and less thirsty cereals, a study of irrigation-water use over 43 years has found.

Of the cereals grown in India, rice consumes the most water per tonne of output while delivering the least nutrients–iron, zinc and protein–according to the study published in Science Advances, a global science journal. The suggested replacements for rice are maize, finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum, all of which consume less water per tonne and are more nutritious.

In a first, scientists juxtaposed this potential water-saving from an alternative cropping pattern with the nutritional gains that would follow from growing more nutrient-dense and less water-intensive cereals.Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%, respectively.

These findings are significant considering that India today faces the worst water crisis in its history and continues to battle iron and zinc deficiencies.

The study, ‘Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India’, was published on July 4, 2018.

Twenty-one Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020, the NITI Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, predicted last month, as IndiaSpend reported on June 25, 2018.

While the common belief is that urbanisation and industrialisation are the reasons for the falling groundwater levels across India, over nine-tenths of groundwater is extracted for irrigation, IndiaSpend reported in November 2016.

Roughly one-third (34%) of the 632 cubic kilometre (cu km) of water that India used to grow cereals in 2009 came from various irrigation sources, the new study said. Rainfall accounted for the rest.

While India is food secure today, the new study showed that this achievement has come at the cost of water security, and has failed to substantially improve Indians’ nutrition status, particularly iron and zinc sufficiency.

Just over half (53%) of Indian women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) were estimated to be anaemic–a result of iron deficiency–in the fourth National Family Health Survey of 2015-16, IndiaSpend reported in November 2017. More than a third of the Indian population is zinc-deprived, we reported in September 2017.

Now it appears a solution is at hand to reverse these deficiencies while achieving water security and livelihood security for farmers. “A massive win-win” is how Mihir Shah, economist, former member of the Planning Commission and co-founder of water and livelihood security initiative Samaj Pragati Sahayog, described the cropping change solution.

Solutions to India's growing malnutrition issue? Replace rice with cereals

Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%

Charu Bahri | India Spend Last Updated at July 7, 2018 14:40 IST

 

7

Farmers

·       ALSO READ

States prefer costly MSP scheme but high cost may deter adoption

A case for integrated farm management

NITI Aayog panel recommends tax cuts on gold, revamping monetisation scheme

Water's crisis is ours to change

Niti Aayog proposes digital backbone for Modi's Ayushman Bharat

·        

India could reduce the water it uses for irrigation by a third and simultaneously address its persistent malnutrition problem, if it replaced its rice crop with more nutritious and less thirsty cereals, a study of irrigation-water use over 43 years has found.

Of the cereals grown in India, rice consumes the most water per tonne of output while delivering the least nutrients–iron, zinc and protein–according to the study published in Science Advances, a global science journal. The suggested replacements for rice are maize, finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum, all of which consume less water per tonne and are more nutritious.

In a first, scientists juxtaposed this potential water-saving from an alternative cropping pattern with the nutritional gains that would follow from growing more nutrient-dense and less water-intensive cereals.Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%, respectively.

These findings are significant considering that India today faces the worst water crisis in its history and continues to battle iron and zinc deficiencies.

The study, ‘Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India’, was published on July 4, 2018.

Twenty-one Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020, the NITI Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, predicted last month, as IndiaSpend reported on June 25, 2018.

While the common belief is that urbanisation and industrialisation are the reasons for the falling groundwater levels across India, over nine-tenths of groundwater is extracted for irrigation, IndiaSpend reported in November 2016.

Roughly one-third (34%) of the 632 cubic kilometre (cu km) of water that India used to grow cereals in 2009 came from various irrigation sources, the new study said. Rainfall accounted for the rest.

While India is food secure today, the new study showed that this achievement has come at the cost of water security, and has failed to substantially improve Indians’ nutrition status, particularly iron and zinc sufficiency.

Just over half (53%) of Indian women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) were estimated to be anaemic–a result of iron deficiency–in the fourth National Family Health Survey of 2015-16, IndiaSpend reported in November 2017. More than a third of the Indian population is zinc-deprived, we reported in September 2017.

Now it appears a solution is at hand to reverse these deficiencies while achieving water security and livelihood security for farmers. “A massive win-win” is how Mihir Shah, economist, former member of the Planning Commission and co-founder of water and livelihood security initiative Samaj Pragati Sahayog, described the cropping change solution.

Solutions to India's growing malnutrition issue? Replace rice with cereals

Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%

Charu Bahri | India Spend Last Updated at July 7, 2018 14:40 IST

 

7

Farmers

·       ALSO READ

States prefer costly MSP scheme but high cost may deter adoption

A case for integrated farm management

NITI Aayog panel recommends tax cuts on gold, revamping monetisation scheme

Water's crisis is ours to change

Niti Aayog proposes digital backbone for Modi's Ayushman Bharat

·        

India could reduce the water it uses for irrigation by a third and simultaneously address its persistent malnutrition problem, if it replaced its rice crop with more nutritious and less thirsty cereals, a study of irrigation-water use over 43 years has found.

Of the cereals grown in India, rice consumes the most water per tonne of output while delivering the least nutrients–iron, zinc and protein–according to the study published in Science Advances, a global science journal. The suggested replacements for rice are maize, finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum, all of which consume less water per tonne and are more nutritious.

In a first, scientists juxtaposed this potential water-saving from an alternative cropping pattern with the nutritional gains that would follow from growing more nutrient-dense and less water-intensive cereals.Replacing rice with a more nutrient-rich or water-efficient crop would marginally improve the production of protein (1%) but considerably increase the production of iron and zinc, by 27% and 13%, respectively.

These findings are significant considering that India today faces the worst water crisis in its history and continues to battle iron and zinc deficiencies.

The study, ‘Alternative cereals can improve water use and nutrient supply in India’, was published on July 4, 2018.

Twenty-one Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020, the NITI Aayog, the government’s policy think-tank, predicted last month, as IndiaSpend reported on June 25, 2018.

While the common belief is that urbanisation and industrialisation are the reasons for the falling groundwater levels across India, over nine-tenths of groundwater is extracted for irrigation, IndiaSpend reported in November 2016.

Roughly one-third (34%) of the 632 cubic kilometre (cu km) of water that India used to grow cereals in 2009 came from various irrigation sources, the new study said. Rainfall accounted for the rest.

While India is food secure today, the new study showed that this achievement has come at the cost of water security, and has failed to substantially improve Indians’ nutrition status, particularly iron and zinc sufficiency.

Just over half (53%) of Indian women of reproductive age (15 to 49 years) were estimated to be anaemic–a result of iron deficiency–in the fourth National Family Health Survey of 2015-16, IndiaSpend reported in November 2017. More than a third of the Indian population is zinc-deprived, we reported in September 2017.

Now it appears a solution is at hand to reverse these deficiencies while achieving water security and livelihood security for farmers. “A massive win-win” is how Mihir Shah, economist, former member of the Planning Commission and co-founder of water and livelihood security initiative Samaj Pragati Sahayog, described the cropping change solution.

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/solutions-to-india-s-growing-malnutrition-issue-replace-rice-with-cereals-118070700315_1.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=pk

How Illicit Rice Trade Is Convulsing Nigeria’s Local IndustryPublished 1 day ago on July 8, 2018 By CHIKA IZUORA Despite the efforts of the federal government to nip in the bud rice smuggling into the country by banning its imports through the land border as well as grow local production through various incentives to farmers, smugglers keep testing the might of the government. CHIKA IZUORA looks at the intricacies and strategies deployed to put out the nefarious trade and what the nation stands to gain by being self-sufficient in rice production and as well as the plan to be a net exporter of rice. Rice smuggling is an unfortunate trademark in Nigeria’s business environment and perpetrators appear so elusive that successive administrations have found rather too hard to eliminate. It is not that its implications on the economy is not fully understood by the authorities but experts in the economy and policy makers are yet to come to terms as to why it is still a thriving venture whose sponsors or promoters are yet to be located. Going by findings, Nigerian government has not issued any licences in the last three years for rice importation, but yet Iddo market in Lagos, reputed to be the biggest rice market even in West Africa, displays 99 per cent of foreign rice as at today, all which are products of smuggled rice from neighbouring countries. Rice is one of the most consumed staples in Nigeria, with a consumption per capita of 32 kilograms. In the past decade, consumption has increased 4.7 per cent almost four times the global consumption growth, and reached 6.4 million tonnes in 2017 accounting for 20 per cent of Africa’s consumption, a PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data indicated. As at 2011, rice accounted for 10 per cent of household food spending, and 6.6 per cent of total household spending, and given the importance of rice as a staple food in Nigeria, boosting its production has been accorded high priority by the government in the past 7 years. Significant progress has been recorded, rice production in Nigeria reached a peak of 3.7 million tonnes in 2017. Nigeria continues to rely on rice importation to meet growing rice demand, because of production and demand disparity on one hand and being that urban consumers generally have preference for imported rice as a result of its perceived higher quality. World’s 3rd Largest Importer of Rice However, in the past five years however, rice imports have declined 33.3 per cent reaching 2.7 million tonnes in 2017, a situation attributed to reduced demand as a result of government’s policies on import substitution – import tariffs and inclusion of rice in the list of 41 items ineligible for forex in the official market. But despite these, Nigeria remains the single largest rice importer in Africa and the world’s third largest with Thailand, India and Pakistan as its largest import sources. It would be recalled that on June 23, 2015, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that it would no longer provide foreign exchange for 41 items including rice. The bank, argued that the move would encourage patronage of locally made goods, which also led to immediate increases in the prices of some of the items. In 2017, Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture, said the country’s rice imports from Thailand had dropped to 20,000 metric tonnes. Apart from killing local rice industry, the illicit trade is boosting the economy of Nigeria’s neighbors who are reaping revenue from import duties they charge, as well as creating job opportunities for their citizens. A stakeholder who analysed this scenario said that because government has significantly reduced rice importation, the country on one hand has denied itself revenue it ought to generate from levies, taxes and on the other hand caused job loss as terminal operators with handling facilities do not have businesses anymore. Our source also informed that a whole chain is affected because transporters have been affected as those involved in haulage do not have jobs while mechanics engaged in repairs are also affected. While, he said, this would have indirectly afforded local rice producers opportunities to grow their businesses and re-engage these people thrown out of job, smuggling has negatively stalled these, causing the country to lose revenue while local industries are at the mercy of smugglers. Enormous Capacity for Local Production Experts, however still have confidence that Nigeria’s rice statistics suggest there is an enormous potential to raise productivity and increase production. Yields have remained at two tonne per hectare, which is about half of the average achieved in Asia. In addition, as population increases, along with rural to urban migration, ensuring food security in key staples becomes critical. There is also this growing concern that apart from government inability to pause this illegal trade, the intervention in the rice production sector is not encouraging local rice production and processing. For instance, smallholder farmers, who account for 80 per cent of the agricultural production in Nigeria, have low income and limited access to credit facilities. Hence, high acquisition and maintenance cost of agricultural machinery has limited their capacity for investment in agricultural machinery. Also, low technical skills have constrained the adoption of mechanisation and without training, smallholder farmers do not have the technical capabilities to operate machinery and equipment. According to experts, empirical evidence suggests that mechanisation promotes rice production, and according to a study conducted by Sultana et al (2015), which analysed the drivers of increased rice production in five Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, farmers who ploughed with a tractor increased their production by 51 per cent relative to those who utilised manual methods. In addition, mechanisation reduces production costs and post-harvest losses, as AfricaRice policy shows that the use of appropriate technologies could reduce a country’s rice imports by 17 per cent. Based on recent PcW analysis, an increase in mechanisation rate from 0.3 horsepower per hectare, hp/ha to 0.8hp/ha in the next five years, can double rice production to 7.2 million tonnes. Nigeria’s mechanisation has remained low at 0.3 horsepower per hectare hp/ha, relative to 2.6hp/ha in India and 8 hp/ha in China. The number of agricultural tractors is estimated around 22,000, relative to one million and 2.5 million in China and India respectively. Low income, limited access to affordable financing and the lack of technical skills have limited the adoption of mechanisation across the rice value chain. Analysing, the economic implications of rice smuggling in Nigeria, the general manager, rice of Elephant Group Plc, Aliyu Tajudeen Olarenwaju, expressed some reservations with current rice policy because it has not adequately addressed the large scale smuggling along border lines. “In the last three years government has not issued any “FORM M”, to anyone to import rice into the country, so we shouldn’t be seeing imported rice in the market, but with smuggling significantly thriving government is simply losing revenue from duties and levies and terminal operators are also losing business opportunities. From every indication, 99 per cent of rice circulating in our markets are imported rice, and this is because the landing cost is cheaper”, he said. Challenges Before Local Rice Producers But why is local price not competitive and why is smuggling the preferred option? LEADERSHIP Sunday inquired. Olarenwaju now gave the following explanations. According to him, local producers are highly challenged by dearth of infrastructure and other factors. For the paddy rice which government is promoting through its intervention mechanism costs between N130,000 to N140,000 to process a ton and from a 1,000 kilogram of paddy rice you realize 550 kilograms which translates to 11 bags and when this number is divided by 50 kilograms, then you come to a production cost of N12,700 for a bag of paddy rice. This is the cost of purchase outside milling cost which is N2,500 per bag bringing a complete 50 kilograms production to N15,200 actual price, and when added transportation and other sundry elements it goes a little higher. Olarenwaju, said that it is more profitable to smugglers, who lands a 50 kilogram of Thai rice at N6,000 and pay additional N2,000 to cross it and sell either below or at same cost with local spec. He said, at the present competition rate, no local miller can sell at credit level, therefore local processors cannot match smugglers prices because cost of production is very high. A rice Miller who would not want to be named said at present he has 15,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice valued at N2 billion waiting to be milled since December. He said, milling at present market regime will be a waste of fund because the selling price cannot compete with foreign rice that has flooded the market. Sunday LEADERSHIP also learned that paddy rice production in the country is in the region of 10 million tonnes per annum. While this appear to be encouraging, associated processing cost makes the local market redundant. Operators are strongly not coming to terms with the CBN intervention initiatives even as the bank claims it has also stepped up the Anchors Borrowers Programme (ABP) to create a linkage between companies involved in the processing and small holder farmers (SHFs) of key agricultural commodities. The programme provides inputs to farmers to improve production and the farmers supplies produce to the processing company at harvest in exchange for the cash equivalent. Olarenwaju on his part, said, the Anchor Borrowers initiative is commendable but with the high production cost and the fund not easily accessible at single digit it makes no economic value because millers cannot produce at margin. The CBN, said it has spent N55 billion on boosting rice production through the Anchor Borrowers programme in the last two years. Through that intervention, at least 2.5 million metric tonnes has been added to the already 2.5 million metric tonnes Nigeria was already producing. The CBN has also promised to expand the scope of intervention in 2018 to achieve 3.5 million metric tonnes of rice production through the Anchor Borrowers’ Programme by the end of 2018. Despite these claims, Olarenwaju disclosed that there are companies that have been approached but they declined taking the fund because they cannot recoup investment given present market environment. Despite that the Nigerian Customs had declared zero-tolerance to rice imports through the land borders irrespective of volume with immediate effect and importers who have already initiated import processes were given grace period ending March 25, 2016 to clear their consignments, rice smuggling has increased at the border areas. CBN, States Partnerships Rice smuggling, may have greatly jeopardized the country’s efforts and anticipation not only to bridge production gap but to embark of export of locally produced rice. The Central Bank of Nigeria, had projected that Nigeria will begin to export rice to other countries by the end of 2017. The CBN, during a sensitisation/awareness programme for farmers in Bayelsa state on the apex bank’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme, last November said the programme had started yielding fruits, and that with the progress so far recorded by the CBN through its agricultural financing policies, Nigeria would begin to export rice. The bank started a pilot programme in Kebbi state with 78,000 farmers, cultivating an average of one hectare and that was when President Muhammadu Buhari launched the programme in 2016. The programme was to enable farmers to plant three times in year – two dry seasons cropping and one rainy season cropping, and helping Kebbi State to exceed one million tonnes of rice. Apart from Kebbi, Ebonyi state has keyed into it promise to produce 1.2million tonnes of rice in one year. There are other states like Abia, Jigawa, Sokoto, Cross River, which appear to have shown significant interest in the initiative. Nevertheless, experts say huge rice production cannot be achieved by a system that depends almost entirely on human muscle power and other manual methods. The growth recorded in rice production has been facilitated by government policies towards achieving self-sufficiency in rice production. Government intervention in rice production has leaned towards providing inputs such as improved seedlings and fertilizer to small holder farmers. Also, some state governments have granted land concessions as an investment incentive to large commercial farmers. Towards improving irrigation, government is investing in various irrigation projects as well. Mechanisation Way To Go They have observed that the adoption of mechanisation is still low as a result of the bureaucratic processes and inadequate agricultural machinery. From the 1980s till date, the federal government has sought to enhance mechanisation through several agriculture policy interventions. These range from the establishment of National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM) in 1990, to the recent Mechnisation Implementation Programme (MIP) 11. Similarly, many states have attempted to increase mechanisation through the provision of subsidies for tractor hire. In his view, however, the director general of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, Muda Yusuf, said there is nothing on ground to confirm Nigeria has really increased its rice production to such a level that importation is no longer necessary. While, he supports ban on importation of commodities and products that can be sourced locally, as announced by agriculture minister recently, he disagreed with statistics flaunted by government. “We need to relate with the reality on ground, if there is sufficient domestic production it will be there for everyone to see, you cannot hide it. There is apparent gap between domestic demand and supply, and there is no sufficient paddy rice to mill because local capacity is low. If the rice is available the price should have come down and with 70 per cent of the people at poverty level, they hardly can afford the local rice claimed to be available”, he argued. Yusuf suggested acceleration of mechanized and commercial agriculture to increase economic returns to small scale farmers and improve production. He decried low penetration rate of mechanization which he said remains a major factor militating against the sector’s productivity, adding that food is a basic necessity of Nigerians and ways must be sort to improve agricultural productivity in the country so as to meet the food demands of the populace. According to him, with mechanisation and more lands under cultivation, the scale of operation of the farmer is increased and if a farmer is using hand tools, he may be restricted to 2 hectares but with mechanization he can cultivate farm land up to 10 hectares in size. Following, the increase in rice smuggling in recent times, the federal government has threatened shut down the land border between Nigeria and a neigbouring country to avoid smuggling of foreign rice into the country. Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, while speaking with youths in a leadership clinic under the auspices of Guardians of the Nation International (GOTNI), explained that the action had become necessary to encourage local production and sustain the economy of the country. The minister said a neighbouring country was bent on destroying the economy of the country and discouraging local production of rice, hence the need to shut down the border. “Our other problem is smuggling. As we speak, a neighbor of ours is importing more rice than China is importing,” he said. “They do not eat parboiled rice, they eat white rice, they use their ports to try and damage our economy. I am telling you now because in a few days, you will hear the border has been shut, we are going to shut it to protect you, us and protect our economy,” the minister said. He said the federal government in two years reduced rice importation by 95 percent and increased the number of rice farmers from five to 30 million. The minister said states like Anambra, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Kano, Jigawa were doing well in rice production. “We just have to handwork you to prosperity otherwise, this country will not grow. My wish for you is to have a better time that we had,” Ogbeh said. Copyright LEADERSHIP. All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from LEADERSHIP Nigeria Newspapers. Contact: editor@leadership.ng 

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/07/08/how-illicit-rice-trade-is-convulsing-nigerias-local-industry/

https://leadership.ng/2018/07/08/how-illicit-rice-trade-is-convulsing-nigerias-local-industry/